This is why your housing is so expensive

I saw that place in person yesterday and the bedroom window is touching the sidewalk. A person could literally tuck you in from the street 😂

Santa Monica should be denser, now that the train has several stops there. In 2005 I rented a 2B 2BA apt there for $1300.

Santa Mónica is not that big though, it’s hard enough driving through there

Why pay more than you need to? A lot of real estate investors forget this one key fact: When a realtor is involved, sellers often raise their asking price to cover commission fees. That means you’re the one footing the bill. By cutting out the middleman, you can save tens of thousands on every deal…and still find exclusive, off-market properties. What’s one strategy you’ve used to save money on a real estate investment?

The ridiculous part is it's locals fighting for housing not to be built.

I lived here 15 years ago. It was $3500. $4000 is not alot more. I'd pay $6000 to go back.

NIMBYS?

While this may be true, and while rent control makes it all more complicated, this is a bungalow, not an apartment, and it’s a walkable neighborhood very close to the beach. The ones around it have been nearly that same price for a decade-plus.

Why is it that housing in red area like Texas is actually going down, they able to cut regulation and responsive to market. All the blue states gatekeep and make housing more expensive. In Santa Monica, people using environmental regulations (dem proposed law) to restrict housing