Sorry, calling bullshit. Here you go, https://redf.in/uplqPz https://redf.in/uplqPz 390k 1,000 ft starter home, two bedrooms two bathrooms, in a literal bea

Sorry, calling bullshit. Here you go, https://redf.in/uplqPz https://redf.in/uplqPz 390k 1,000 ft starter home, two bedrooms two bathrooms, in a literal beachfront town in southern California where you are at most a 10-minute walk from the water. Oh you're picturing something more mcmansion like, sorry that may take a little extra creativity and luck. But you absolutely do not need to spend 2 million, 1 million or even half a million, to live in a highly desirable area in this country. It took me all of about 30 seconds to find, granted I live in the area and have a general sense of where to look for something like this but zooming around the map will find dozens of such examples. This house is 390K. A few pennies short of a million much less 2. All in, because sellers pay all fees so the price shown is 95-100% what you pay. With decent credit you could get this with 10% down, now 40K in the bank is not exactly couch money but it's nowhere near beyond the reach of a single person, much less a couple, before kids and who jointly make an absolutely reasonable 70 to 90k combined given the area that you'd be in.