When I first got married I rented a beach house in Ocean Beach, San Diego area. They ended up putting it up for sale, $160k. Thought about buying it but figured I could not afford it, I was probably wrong on the mortgage but my credit back then was horrible. Zillowed it recently, over $1.6 million eek taxes thought aren't bad. About $5200/yr, a the new buyer would get it in the shorts. Of course they did one of those California updates on it and it's about three times the size, with a second floor now, than it was when I was renting it.