Topdog,
The first thing you need to do is get a good accountant.
There are lots of factors which affect your situation, how much you earn & entire financial situation, how happy both of you are for a property to be in only one of your names, what type of property you want to buy and where it is, etc, etc.
You also don't need to buy in either of your names - you can buy via a Company or Trust instead.
As a non-accountant non-expert, who has a great team of advisors, I can only recommend that you track down an expert in your state to help you answer these questions and work out the best approach to take.
Cheers,
Aceyducey