What Can You Get for $1 Million in San Francisco? House Hunting!

[@JoshandKatie]

Alright guys, HONESTY HOUR! Which was your favorite and would you buy any of these?

[@JoshandKatie]

That is where we are leaning right now! Who knows where the market will head though!

[@bigpoppa4094]

Believe that 2nd House was in hunterspoint/Bayview. Like the house but that ghetto is not livable for white folks. Carry a strap and bullet proof vest at all times. Excelsior was nice too, but a lame area. Lacks character, and is almost like it’s not in SF.

[@lawais1977]

I liked the second one, that backyard is great! But I rather buy 3 properties in another city and rent them...

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

None ✨ I'll wait for a real estate crash then buy in urban places. In the meantime, the best housing markets within the Bay Area are in the fringes of the East Bay like Vallejo, Brentwood, or Antioch. Fremont or Milpitas if you are lucky.

[@pla4825]

I live in Oakland I also love Sam Francisco but the rent ain’t no joke in California. Now I want a quesadilla 😁

[@joysoyo2416]

Bish please put some butter in a pan buy some Wal-Mart tortillas put some cheese in it and fry it up, gurl!

[@xaulxan13]

I’m from the Bay Area and live in San Diego now. I would never move back. The whole vibe has completely changed. I’m 33 years old btw. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@JoshandKatie]

Thanks for sharing!! We LOVE San Diego

[@reglook1]

Keep hearing people are fleeing SF like rats from a sinking ship. The price will decrease if it keeps up.

[@eastcoastclimbers]

Hey Josh and Katie! A big hello from UK. My wife and I enjoy your videos and get excited when we see a notification you've got a new video! Having lived in San Francisco for a year before moving here, it brings back great memories and much of the reason we first discovered you. We don't, however, miss the ridiculous rent there. on comparison, rents are bad here in London, but we have a very nice, large spacious two-bedroom, two-floor condo with an ocean view for 1,650 Euros per month, which is about average here for a nice area. Anyway, not to ramble on, keep up the fun, positive videos! All the best!

[@JoshandKatie]

Hey Chris. Thanks so much for watching our videos! Do you have any favorite places from when you lived here that you think we should do a video on? And London ocean views sound amazing. You should do a KZbin video tour!

[@brianalucinda4102]

I’m loving these vlogs guys! I live in central CA and have family in the Bay Area. San Fran is our fav place to stay for the weekend and yes it’s crazy expensive but so worth it ❤️

[@JoshandKatie]

Hi Briana! Wow thanks for watching! Any favorite neighborhoods/restaurants/things to do you think we should check out?

[@statusquoreject]

You must love debt and hipsters

[@bik8353]

i am SHOCKED to see that the first condo was 889K. I live in Dallas,TX in a 600K house and its a mansion. It just blows my mind.

[@JoshandKatie]

Yeah it's crazy!

[@bigpoppa4094]

the first one 555 Fulton built by a Chinese Billionaire, whom bribed the SF public works director Nuru, to illegally pass the building thru inspections. Think it had to do with faulty windows that werent up to code. not sure. How dare these places are be called”luxury” apartments. Just because they have new wood floors, countertops, and appliances doesn’t make it luxury

[@snokzor]

@@bigpoppa4094 interesting! thanks

[@reglook1]

Yeah, but The Bay area, you gotta pay lots for paradise.

[@balletpink2218]

I can’t say where I live for safety reasons, but I live in a rural farm-like area. Anywhere from 600k-1,000,000 can get you a 3 story mansion, tons of acres, a hot tub and pool, 5-7 bedrooms, 6-8 bathrooms, anywhere from 5,000-8,000 square feet, with your own barn, etc.

[@blak_momba3056]

NEVERMIND I’ll go ahead n stay in tampa Fl ✌🏾

[@templeguard1276]

Once you guys get older and make a good amount of money in the Bay Area would you want to move somewhere cheaper even if it’s not as high paying?

[@JoshandKatie]

Long term we’d love to be self employed and running our own companies- I couldn’t see us taking lower salaries elsewhere. Not worth it- with 5-10 years in the bay you can set yourself up pretty nicely to move elsewhere, start your own tech company etc

[@wolfwarren6376]

I’m a Bay Area native. I’m a CS major mainly because I don’t see any other way to buy a house in my hometown. I feel pretty weird about it, but I enjoy dev work so it should be alright.

[@sfreddy]

I just viewed a building with 3 units at open house in the Inner Sunset. There were three good but modest to say the least. The floor plans were weird. each unit had only 1 bathroom and the bedrooms were next to one another with a door in between. There was a small room off of the kitchen used as a breakfast nook but barely able to do that. It might be better to use it as a laundry room though that would take some doing. It would probably take about 200,000 dollars to get into shape. Each flat was basically the same. They were charming but needed a lot of cosmetic work. The asking price for the whole building was 2.3 million dollars and they will probably get 3 million.This, to me, is insane and criminal. But that is the world we live in.

[@teridumbrigue7643]

Was the lower unit occupied by renters? Would have liked to see it because I'd want to but the whole building. this is probably sold by now, right?

[@afriendabroad2083]

Can you do more of these but in Redwood City, Menlo park, Palo alto and mountain view? I want to move to the peninsula

[@JoshandKatie]

Yeah that's a good idea! We really like that area a lot so we might do that. Probably after Coronavirus is over.

[@afriendabroad2083]

Yey you are moving to the Peninsula and I am too. Hopefully you make a video about what you can but in Redwood City or Palo Alto for under $1M

[@BAYAREA650]

I live in the Peninsula and the houses also start off at 1.2 million$

[@statusquoreject]

You're making a huge mistake. I was born and raised in Silicon Valley before it was Silicon Valley. Trust me now and thank me later You do not want to live here.

[@afriendabroad2083]

@@statusquoreject actually I am reconsidering it now especially with the anti Asian attacks in the Bay Area. I am also happy where I am and we have better public transportation and lower taxes

[@tanvirmirzadhillon2269]

Its even more expensive now ://

[@saintdragonzx9978]

What are your plans? Do you think you'll end up staying in the bay area long term to end up buying a home? Or do you see yourself moving at some point? And if the plan is to move, then what areas are you considering?

[@JoshandKatie]

It’s up in the air right now. We love to bay but you need around $5mm to shell out for a decent family home. Moving to Palo Alto area now. We’d consider LA, Seattle, SLC, South Bay Area

[@saintdragonzx9978]

Josh and Katie those are some nice options! It’s great that you guys are staying in the Bay Area and also great that if you were to leave you’d go to a different tech hub. I’d love it if you guys made a video addressing the future of remote work in tech and how that might impact where people chose to move and settle down. As always, thanks for the great content. I wish you the best at Robinhood Josh!

[@lmd499]

You should do an updated version from the impact of the pandemic!

[@ihorradchenko7819]

Hello from Amsterdam! I am watching your vlog because I like your English and learning some words:)

[@JoshandKatie]

Hello 👋 glad it is helpful

[@nvasudeva]

Feeling blessed to live in Texas.

[@JoshandKatie]

Real estate in San Francisco is NO JOKE.

[@thatoneguy978]

Anywhere in the country

[@Ari-lu5ve]

Same brother, same.

[@brandoncardoza]

but you live in texas lol

[@Ari-lu5ve]

@@brandoncardoza you're missing out

[@kargesvlog1399]

I would love to buy a property in San Francisco

[@joysoyo2416]

#2 was so cute.

[@MrJos221]

Hey guys, what camera are you using to record?

[@JoshandKatie]

We just use iPhones (XS Max & 11) and Filmic Pro app. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewjonas6577]

honestly, you both look super cute and the houses are way too expensive for that space.

[@JoshandKatie]

SF is 💸💸💸

[@longbeach225]

I live in SF near the Civic Center and been in the city all my life but its time for me to leave. Housing too expensive and recently the crime in the city has went up quite significantly. I'm looking to move to Thailand or Philippines once I feel confident my online business income is pretty steady. In Thailand I saw a 3 bedroom and 2 bath house for rent and only for 25,800 baht which is about $ 860.00 USD. My eyes open up big.

[@bkinouye]

Location, Location, Location! That's the one thing I've learned from buying in the SF Bay Area. It is better to buy something small and rundown in a great location, than it is to buy something nice in a distant or undesirable location. With that said, I don't think any of those properties qualifies.

[@JoshandKatie]

What qualifies as that in SF?

[@reglook1]

Mudslides and Earth Quakes.

[@marcosmiklos3820]

Hello from Brazil! My uncle is an architect and he lives in San Francisco for 20 years now. I went there to visit him past year and totally loved the city. Great video!

[@JoshandKatie]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TracyD1922]

So interesting, we’re not much better here in Calgary but definitely better than San Francisco. I’d always buy location over all else unless you’re ready for the suburban kind of life. Probably none of them are a fit but I loved tagging along and would always be interested in seeing more videos like these.

[@JoshandKatie]

Yeah thanks for letting us know! We're both big fans of location too. I think we would prefer something closer to our work rather than out in the outskirts like these properties. We will try to do more videos like this!

[@emilyann4924]

How do you guys feel about contributing to gentrification and the housing crisis in the bay? What strategies do you implement to support San Francisco's native/local businesses and communities? I'm a student and bay area native writing a research paper on the effects of the Silicon Valley tech boom on SF and would love to hear your viewpoint from within the industry!

[@JoshandKatie]

Hey Emily! I don't think we necessarily think of ourselves as "contributing to the housing crisis in the Bay" as much as we think of ourselves "dealing" with the housing crisis in the Bay. Cost of living is a struggle and con for everyone who chooses to live in SF/Bay Area and I think we all wish rent or housing prices were more reasonable. There are pro's and con's of living everywhere though--we left our families and homes in more rural (and affordable) America to chase tech career opportunities here. The con of Idaho: no tech opportunities. The pro of Idaho: really affordable cost of living. We see vice versa of San Francisco. We definitely no what it is like to move away from a place that didn't have the economic opportunity we were looking for. Biggest thing contributing to the housing crisis is lack of housing though

[@sfreddy]

@@JoshandKatie It is what it is. I think it is more than apparent we need to make some changes. For some reason there are 2 democrats that are fighting the infrastructure bill. I do not get it. People need help right now. We need to balance our needs and desires with the health of the planet which is going down the tubes at this point. Think about these things when you vote.

[@nvasudeva]

I personally liked the last one.

[@JoshandKatie]

Could be a sweet set up with the investment property! We really liked how they remodeled it.

[@paulonorato7501]

Hayes was all poor black. Would not even consider living there in 70s.

[@sfreddy]

I have a good friend that bought one of the most historical Queen Anne Victorians in San Francisco in the 1970s for 29,000 dollars, It is a great house but in no way a mansion. It was a so called "sketchy" black neighborhood then. That is no longer the case. It is now worth over 5 million dollars.

[@abdullahmasoud6395]

Hey guys, I’m abdullah & I really love your show 😍....keep going on and don’t ever stop.

[@JoshandKatie]

Thank you! Your support means a lot 🙌🙏

[@LAVIKOKA]

NO...dont buy. They are pretty expensive. Move to another city where you can afford a nice house with a back yard . Think about it.

[@JoshandKatie]

Yeah that would be sickkkkk

[@joysoyo2416]

@@JoshandKatie for a young couple, San Fran is way expensive. You can find better.

[@angeltalavera3801]

Wow!!!!!! What you get for $1 million in San Francisco it’s not that much. Yes they are beautiful condominiums. But you can get more for your money buying a house or a condominium in another state. Yes it’s true San Francisco is the place to be but damn it’s expensive. Lol.

[@JoshandKatie]

The housing market here is so depressing. I think that is why most people move away once they get to mid-30's. You can have a lot more space in other states for less money.

[@statusquoreject]

SF is not the place to be. Only yuppies millennials think that. Smart people know the place to be is a place where you're happy and not drowning in debt.

[@thegamingfox2533]

700k wtf

[@amiraziz2479]

Holla holla holla hooolla

[@sgutierrezsgb]

WTF?! why cooks work with gas in america??? So people can buy a Tesla but they cook with gas??? what a surprise!! Nice video from Madrid, Spain.

[@JoshandKatie]

Thank you. Do you cook with electric in Spain? :)

[@sgutierrezsgb]

@@JoshandKatie Yes, I think maybe it´s mandatory, I only have seen gas cook in old houses/flats and rural areas. I though maybe in vacational apartments. Since 2004 or like that it´s also mandatory to have solar heating panels. I would recommend you to come Spain after corona times pass.

[@gauravkulkarni6284]

research more guys none of them had the perfect characteristics so keep looking more of them but personally none of them

[@JoshandKatie]

Yeah... we agree! It’s hard to find something in the bay!

[@dougwilson6299]

Please stay in California.

[@statusquoreject]

What can you get for a million dollars or under... A happy life and some change and not being buried under debt in any other state besides the shit hole that is SF. Only yuppies move to the Bay area. "Adorable" and "super cute" doesn't make life long debt ok. If you want to make worthwhile videos, make videos about wise making decisions and not just vids to get views. Signing a lease is more than about what's "adorable."

[@CosmosFan1]

Yellow cottage was great.

[@JoshandKatie]

Awww yeah!

[@johnv4818]

You guys must be from LA. No clue how to live in a city. Not Citys dont have alot of parking that's a suburb thing you dont need a car in S.F. they have a world class public transit every neighborhood has it's own shopping districts . As for the deep japanese bath they are call an ofuro which is a soaking tub great for relaxation and meditation. The Excelsior district is abit sketchy the shabby one is just middle class. Any one who from S.F. would grab the yellow cottage not the cloche new condos which are all alike inside and out no character. I've lived here for 40 years. And have seen absolutly wonderful interesting neighborhoods get trashed by yuppy suburbanites.

[@esskayesss69]

My question is: how do accumulate a million dollars first of all LMAO

[@JoshandKatie]

Work in tech for 4 years in SF!

[@esskayesss69]

@@JoshandKatie isn't it too costly over there though? Like my idea of why the pay significantly varies for the same position in different locations is based on how expensive the place is. Wouldn't it be a huge milestone to be saving up a million dollars in 4 years living in SF?

[@JoshandKatie]

In all things, depends on how you live your life and spend your money- we are on track to hit that #. The big Bay Area benefit is huge salaries $$$ coming in. A lot of people spend that money- if you don’t- you’ll be miles ahead of anyone living throughout the rest of the country.

[@esskayesss69]

@@JoshandKatie Indeed. Maybe you could explain how you manage your finances in another video? It's obviously not binding and I'm sorry if I got too personal or crossed the line. PS. Your content is the closest to actually being of help rather than just pumping us up for the grandeur.

[@reglook1]

@@JoshandKatie Saleries doing what??

[@jekinchheda]

👍🏻

[@calgal7828]

I love SF but not enough to pay the cost of living there!

[@mahdiabdurahman7257]

Oh my god this house amazingfor new family

[@vik8860]

SF is an expensive paradise...I would advise anyone not to get too attached to it.

[@JoshandKatie]

True 💸💸💸

[@sfreddy]

@@JoshandKatie I have lived in San Francisco for over 40 years. It not has always been easy, in many ways. I am glad I am here. I have learned a lot and continue to do so..I am not sure what you mean by not being attached. We try to adapt, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. Everyone has a different experience, perspective and path. I am glad I am alive to experience whatever comes my way.

[@PrashantKumar-ge9tx]

I ❤️ San Francisco

[@JoshandKatie]

Us too

[@SantiagoLopez-ox7qf]

Ur hella old to be saying dat boujee

[@JoshandKatie]

Lol I’m 22

[@cloudyns]

@@JoshandKatie lmao, you got him. You're young asf. Dudes acting like you're 40+

[@muse7746]

I'll offer $8000 for the first one. It will make a nice closet for me.