For that you could probably buy a $340k house pretty close to the ocean in Cocoa Beach Florida.

Honestly, here in Charleston I'm more concerned about rising ocean levels than anything else.   

Now to be clear he still has near ocean front rentals too and this is his part time gig...semi retired and the semi part is the 1000 miles away stock. 

If your looking for an agent in Monmouth or Ocean County please feel free to reach out.  

Value is not arbitrary, you don't pull it out of the blue, again, real property is different than personal property and they way we value it and deal with it is not the same thing as personal property. 

Do what feels right and allows you to sleep well at night and remember that it's expected that your plans will change over time.I'll leave you with this...when a ship sets sail across the ocean, the captain doesn't set the course and go below deck for 2 months.

I consider a B/B- neighborhood a blue color working class neighborhood, heavy rental market, petty crime but not a poor neighborhood.  

There is a giant goose egg along Milwaukee from about California Blue Line to Central Park and Milwaukee and four or five blocks out from Milwaukee where there isn't a single SFH or MF listing and hasn't been for months.

Hi Bigger Pocket Virginia Beach,I was having lunch and out of the blue I receive a notification on my phone of a motivated seller lead captured on my website.

You suggested to your Dad that you could come up with $100k out of the blue?