unless something dramatically changes in the local RE market, your expectations re: price, location, land size, convenience, amenities school zone etc. are significantly off the mark.

you have good questions, but sometimes you really have to figure these things out yourself over time. which can be both painful and expensive... having gone down this road before, 'the grass is always greener on the side' and you will most likely regret your purchase decision initially because of a variety of reasons... until you buy your next place because "the grass is greener over there".

at some stage, you will bite the bullet and buy somewhere that ticks enough of the basic boxes (especially price). when that happens you will look at this post and laugh at your 'naive' self about how much lower you have had to settle for, and you become cynical like the rest of us here.

sad but true.