This evening, she will bid on a two-bedroom ranch on a suburban street, and if all goes well, they will move in together.

This sweet little two-bedroom ranch with a grill on the back porch requires a down payment that's a bit beyond her means.

In Thousand Oaks it would have been a two-bedroom ranch with a garden.

"If you're in the suburbs in a two-bedroom ranch, your next move is usually a four-bedroom colonial," she continued.

It was a neighborhood built in the sixties when land was available, so the plots were large, making the two-bedroom ranches seem even smaller.

The average price was about $6,000 for the two-bedroom, one-bath ranches.

The Jacobs family moved into the house after construction but quickly outgrew the two-bedroom ranch.

She went around the two-bedroom ranch, turning on lamps.

Because she has her own two-bedroom ranch, which shares a garage with the house next to it, she feels as independent as ever.

It was a small, two-bedroom ranch, featuring a large common room and a tiny kitchen.