"Lew Hodgett"

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Here in SoCal, the median priced house is about $600K, a 1500 sq ft house
would be a tad more.

You bet it is ridiculous, but it is life in SoCal.

Lew

Lew,

Holy Crap! If that's what they get, maybe $50K is right. I had no idea a
median home was FIVE times more expensive in Cal than here in the midwest.
My apologies for even questioning your numbers.

Is this because of the cost of the land, or do building materials really
cost that much more on the left coast?

Gary K