Average San Diego home price is $1M

[Dan H.]

Greater association of realtors states average San Diego home price is $1M.  This is an astonishing number when the median family income is $85K.  

San Diego home prices have seemed high for at least 40 years, but $1M average price just makes the "sunshine tax" very apparent.

I recognize it is not cheap to live in an area that has the climate of San Diego, but society needs service people.  Everyone needs a place to live.  It is a difficult issue.  

[Jim K.]

I live in a duplex I paid $45K cash for in 2017. I rent out the top floor for $930 and live downstairs.

"If you're not yet wealthy but want to be someday, never purchase a home that requires a mortgage that is more than twice your household's total annual realized income." Thomas Stanley, The Millionaire Next Door.

It works. You just have to give zero f**** about what broke people think.