You and a friend are talking about why you've decided to rent a house instead of buying one. You explain:
Even an extremely modestly priced home in this area costs 150K at the bare minimum.
adverb, home (topic), idioms, money, numbers, price, real estate 
Your husband lost his job, so you don't have enough money to pay for your home loan. Now you're trying to sell your house. You explain why you're selling it to a potential buyer:
We're no longer able to afford the mortgage payments.
ability, afford, home (topic), loan, money, real estate, selling, stative verb 
You've been trying to sell your house for the past 11 months. You're frustrated about it. Now you're talking to your friend about this problem. You say:
It's been on the market for nearly a year now, but we still have nothing to show for it.
business, companies, complaining, house, idioms, perfect aspect, real estate, result, selling, set phrase, time 
You're trying to find an apartment in a new city that you're going to move to. You want to use a real estate agent to help you find it. You find the e-mail address of a real estate agent on the Internet and begin writing an e-mail to her. You write:
I'm looking for a studio under $1200 a month, preferably downtown.
apartment, city, email, prices, progressive aspect, real estate, rent, search You were talking to someone at a party, and she asked you what you do. You don't think that the job you have right now is very interesting, so you say:
Well, currently I'm an accountant at a commercial real estate company.
accounting, hesitant, introductions, job, real estate, 日本語サポート You go out to a restaurant with your friend and don't want to order much because you're saving money. You want to explain that you're saving because you want to buy a house. You say:
We're trying to save up so that we can afford a down payment on a house.
afford, money, progressive aspect, real estate, savings 