Am I stuck with limiting my choices to 450k and below?

I may have no choice, but to look for other areas.

Her music for an hour then my choice for an hour, on the road there and on the road back.

I had used Atlas and there are no better than my previous company Only Choice.

@Connor Ryan have you thought about getting your Real Estate License. 

You might have a leg to stand on if you say it was your landlord's choice to use a less standard quartz that can't be matched and that you only owe for replacing that one piece of quartz.

You can give them the choice. 

Making all the wrong choices when I was younger hasn't allowed me to break past the lower middle class.

If you buy in a location where prices and rents are increasing below the inflation rate, your income will be eroded over time by inflation, and you may have no choice but to decrease your standard of living over time.

In a year from now come August of 22, 1 of 2 choices will be made.