I'm so glad you're with us here on the Clark Howard show our omissions to serve you

and empower you.

So you make better financial decisions in your life.

And today I want to talk about a new trend in buying homes that is making me nervous

sharing the purchase with family or friends.

What have we been talking about how expensive travels become?

Is that here to stay?

And whether it's here to stay or not, what do you do today if you need to buy travel

to bend the pricing to your budget at least partway?

I'm going to fill you in.

So the big run up in housing prices has made people really rethink purchasing.

And people are purchasing homes together with a friend, with a family member, whatever

people are doing, a variety of things to try to be able to afford a home.

And I will tell you based on years of experience that these situations can blow up because

I really only seem to hear from people when it has blown up on them where they bought

a home with a friend, a family member, one case, a work colleague because it helps you

get in the door.

But then lots of things can go wrong other than just money or relationships like an example

is what happens if you move in with someone in your co-owner house and you're sharing

the common space, you're sharing the kitchen, you're sharing the living room, you're sharing

the home still have dining rooms, I guess it depends on the home.

But you're sharing those common spaces in each have your own room, hopefully you should

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