Option 1: Give it a crack on your own (after all, that's how everyone does it, right?!)
You can keep stalking real estate sites, visiting open houses, saving like crazy, and putting in offers for house after house...
And sure, you may end up with a home at the end of it, but at what cost?
Everyday you navigate this path without a roadmap or a guide, you're putting yourself at risk of making costly mistakes. You risk paying too much, buying a lemon, making the wrong offers, failing due diligence, getting scammed by agents, borrowing too much (or not enough), and so much more.
So, you can tread this road alone, hoping that you make it to the other side unscathed...