$980,000 buys the median home in Long Lake right now. With 20% down, that's a $196,000 down payment and a $784,000 loan, set against a $178,000 median household income.
Property taxes in Long Lake run 1.2% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $11,760 a year, or $980 added to the monthly payment.
Minnesota levies a state income tax on top of the $6,470/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Long Lake's cost of living index is 172, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Long Lake's median home price runs 176% higher than nearby Minneapolis: $355,000 there versus $980,000 here.