The odds are, you'll have to compromise on SOMETHING when you are buying your next home. The question becomes -- what are you you willing to compromise on?  The easiest (at first) sometimes seems to be price -- you still get everything you want, you just have to pay more for it.  But if you're drawing a firm line on price, then likely some other need or want will have to be imagined differently.

Here is what buyers tend to compromise on based on the the 2016 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from the National Association of Realtors....