I feel this pain everyday. Getting a house in the bay (because 3-4br apts are super rare) in a decent school district is right around a million dollars. That's

I feel this pain everyday. Getting a house in the bay (because 3-4br apts are super rare) in a decent school district is right around a million dollars. That's a $5k/mo mortgage (not to mention every new development has some insane HOA fee). No way to afford that on a 100k salary. Even at a 200k salary that's pretty uncomfortable.