A frugal buyer searches for an affordable co-op in Mount Vernon, New York. She wants an inexpensive one-bedroom so she can save for a single-family home, but her big sister thinks a place with two bedrooms would be a better investment.

A couple looks to move their family from Los Angeles back to her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. She wants the charm of a house with history, and while he doesn't prefer older homes, he learns that new construction in old New England is hard to find.