My dad was one of the first houseboaters in Sausalito and lived there on a redone tugboat until 2003. It is beautiful and with the square footage he had (~800) it was doable for a single man.

To give you an idea of slip rents, he was grandfathered at $1200 a month. New slips in the houseboat area are not available and probably never will be. He sold the rights to rent his slip for $225k when he moved to Washington state. I know the bay area well and if you look on the Marin side of the bridge there are affordable apts.

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“Fundamentally, sustainable development is a notion of discipline. It means humanity must ensure that meeting present needs does not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”--- Gro Harlem Brundtland


1989 300se 250,000
1983 BMW 528e 100,000
1999 Olds Alero 80,000

These pretzels are making me thirsty.