If anyone else asks for a $50k condo on the ocean i'm going to scream!

[Aiptasia]

WTF!!!

You cannot buy an oceanfront condo for what you can pay for a condo back in whatever hillbilly town you're from. So don't ask.

I had three walk ins from hell today, can you tell??

GRRRRRR! :mad:

[motely36]

1. Which Ocean?

[Canadian_moderate]

2. You may be able to get one for $50K

on the Arctic Ocean.;-)

[elehhhhna]

4. they can in galveston: does the gulf count?

[Aiptasia]

6. Atlantic

[Kingshakabobo]

3. I'll go $52,500 n/t

[demnan]

5. Yeah some people really don't know

what real estate costs in a metropolitan or surburbian area. Try $150K for a very small condo, and forget the ocean. If you're lucky you might see a creek off the side of the hill.

[Aiptasia]

9. We call those units "ocean smell..."

Nowhere close to the ocean but sometimes, when the wind blows, you can smell low tide.

[tk2kewl]

19. want a one bedroom in manhattan?

try $700,000

[papau]

7. 250 buys a starter CONDO near the water in Clearwater, Fl

but 350 to 1 m is more common.

[Aiptasia]

10. Typical shotgun style one bedroom units START at $200k here

That is, unless you want to buy a delapidated POS.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. What state are you in?

If it's Florida, I'm amazed how much housing has gone up there.

[Misunderestimator]

8. If you're in SoCal... I'll give you $350,000

depending, of course, on quality and space and all that other junk...

[Aiptasia]

12. No no.. they wanted two BR or larger, had to be direct oceanfront

For around $50k...

Sheesh. Some people.

Then they have the nerve to look at you indignantly when you tell them no such animal exists.

[tk2kewl]

20. can i afford one on my social security?

[nini]

11. I wished... the ones around here are at least $400k..

and that's a one bedroom

[Aiptasia]

14. Still doesn't stop the idiots from trying

Pick up a newspaper, real estate book or homes and land before you come bug me.

[Worst Username Ever]

13. My dad's if Naples FL goes for 500K and it is ACROSS THE STREET

from the gulf, not directly on the beach. And there is another building partially obstructing your view of the water. Not that he is complaining.

[Aiptasia]

16. Yep, Naples FL has really become a trendy little area the last 10 years

[NewJeffCT]

27. my parents are lucky then

They bought a condo in Naples just about 10 years ago... now, my mom is retired.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. I can't even find a decent double-wide on an acre or two for that amount

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[Aiptasia]

17. Did I mention, most tourists leave their brains on vacation?

50% of the people I deal with when i'm on duty are insane. Here's my typical walk-in: "Umm, we just started looking and we're on our last day of vacation and we're on our way out of town. We'd like something on the oceanfront for "x" amount with no homeowner's association, but we're not ready to buy yet. We'll probably be retiring to this area in the next three to five years. However, we want to see something right away."

By this point i'm pounding my head on my desk.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. Here's what 1 million buys in the Boston area

Opportunity knocks! Rehab, add 2nd floor or demolish! 3br, 2ba slab contemporary on 1/2 acre lot in Olde Chestnut Hill. Large EIK, step down den with built ins, vaulted ceilings. Convenient to Heath School, T, Rte 9



I know because my friends looked at this house...el dumpo! But it is 1800 sq feet and has a two car garage.

[Aiptasia]

22. Away from the beach, that's about $180k here

but on the beachfront, try three million on a 60x120 lot.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

25. this is no where near he beach...and it's on a small lot.

land is at a premium around here. If this were on the seacoast around here you're taking 5 million at least.

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Can you get a pinapple under the sea for that price? n/t

[Dees]

24. My mother in law's condo

on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD is a two bedroom, two bath, about 100 yards off the water unit. It's nice, not spectacular....$500,000

[Quetzal]

26. The median price for a home on Maui is $550 thousand dollars

If you want beachfront, expect to pay a couple million. Condos are around 200,000.

[elehhhhna]

28. 2 BR 2 BA Beachfront condo 142K:

http://rc.lendingtree.com/axx/applications/mls/asp/homeview.asp?eh=6&homeid=2068628

If you can stand all the Texans, it IS a beach...