To Stay or Not To Stay

That is the question. Our lease is up April 30. We need to make a decision. Adam is up for staying another year. We could go month to month, but it would cost more a month. We didnt even know staying another year was an option, let alone staying without signing a lease. Apparently, between the three of us, we can make a little over 46,000 to qualify. But, even if we make more than that (which i doubt we do) we can still stay they just have to make sure we didnt lie on our original application. And if we fill out all the paperwork by the end of the month we will save $200 on the first month of rent. Rent has gone up so we will pay $12.50 more a month (if we sign the lease...otherwise it would be $25 more) We like living there, but it would be nice to be in our own home. Adam is probably the best roommate you could ask for. He is barely ever around. But it is still a shared apartment. If we did stay, it would give us more time to prepare for buying a home. Also, once we have a house (either rented or owned) I am going to want children. So staying here will be a good excuse to wait. Anyway, we don't have a lot of time to decide, and with everything else going on, this has been the last thing that we have been thinking about.