My pop bought his place in the east bay right after Viet Nam for ~70k. They pay ~100 a month in taxes and whatnot as the mortgage was paid years (decades?) ago. The exact same footprint ranch house next door just sold to a couple with a little boy. She is a &#x27;local&#x27; teacher, he is a recruiter in tech somewhere in SF city. Take a guess how much they paid for a 3 bed, 1 bath on 1.7 acres about 1 hour (on a good day) commute for him.<p>Yeah, 850k, and that was a steal. The mortgage alone is, what ~3k&#x2F; mo? Taxes and everything else push this up to ~4.5k to 5k&#x2F; mo, right? And this is going to go for how long? Oh yeah, 20 years.<p>My folks have no illusions that this sweet couple and little Benny next door are going to be there anymore than 5 years. Even all the way out in the East Bay, it is just not possible.<p>Get out now before this bubble pops again. Beat the rush.