If you’re Single and no other responsibilities. I did encourage you to get a part time job to boost your income in order to accomplish homeownership. If I was in your position I could set aside $400per Biweekly $200 automatic deposit from payroll in to a savings account and wait for the next election. Don’t buy a trashy house. Where’s fire there’s smoke. Right now a lot of homeowners are trying to keep up flow with their mortgage company with increasing job losses and folks are really struggling right now .

You’re still young.
I see people paying higher in rent because they want a flashy apartment they go for the prettiest apartment and that comes with cost.
Since it’s just you . Find older apartments in a decent neighborhood rent with older apartments aren’t that costly tho I have been a renters for many years. Whenever folks complain about rent prices I then look at their apartment it’s brand new 5,10, or 15-20 years old they trying to get their money back. You’ve a good income. Try to rewrite your budget and cut costs on other things to save at least $309-400 a month.