Every time you you change the air filter, open that plug as well and pour about a cup of household bleach down the condensate pipe.

We start by looking at overall population and number of household trends over the past decade, we then look at what they are expected to do over the next five years.

I grew up in a house hold that was poor.

However, because of having 2 incomes in the household, my wife and I got phased out, and I cannot claim those losses against my w2 income.

They will take on roomates and/or consolidate households.

How many months before I buy a house should I start buying household items (furniture, kitchenware etc.)?  

There is a free version (that doesn't include web hosting) it is very helpful for managing a household or even a 1-2 person business.I only have one blog post but it is about this topic: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4582/blog_posts/43679-complete-office-technology-solution-for-5-month

Decide if household chores will be shared or not.

We look for total household income (not individual) that is 3x the rent.

@Josh Braun Great advice...we've been a 1 income household for the last 7-8 years, so we're hoping that with my wife's income we can save this quickly.