I make similar salary and have a nice 3000sqft house that I paid $1mn for in the Bay Area. Areas where you can still buy SFH just around a million include Oakla

I make similar salary and have a nice 3000sqft house that I paid $1mn for in the Bay Area. Areas where you can still buy SFH just around a million include Oakland Hills, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Union City, Dublin, Hayward parts of San Jose. Try to find a new construction so that you don't have to deal with competition