I agree. Personally I could get by with a nice 2 bedroom/2bath home as long as a decent size garage and yard are available. The problem in San Diego with homes that I see is tiny or non-existent garages and no yard. For me, I would prefer a smaller home with a medium yard and large garage. But I dont want to spend half a million dollars for a small home either. Personally, homes should cost at most 200k unless the place is an estate. I wonder if San Diego homes will ever go down that low. I still do not understand how people can afford to shell out 4-8k a month for a mortgage. Jobs don’t pay well in San Diego for the real estate costs.