[ProtectOurFreedom]

Bought my first house in 1978. It, also, was 900 sq ft. It was a 30 ft x 30 ft box with THREE bedrooms, a living room, a dining area, a kitchen, and a single car garage. Take away that garage and you had about 680 sq ft of living space. Paid $100,000 for it back then. Sold it five years later for a 50% profit and thought I did ok. Should have held on to it but needed to cash out to move to the next place.

“Worth it” is entirely subjective. That’s the beauty of free markets. “Worth it” means what somebody will pay, nothing more, nothing less.

[ETCM]

Take away that garage and you had about 680 sq ft of living space. Paid $100,000 for it back then.

Pretty expensive neighborhood. In 1978 you could buy a brand new house almost 3X that square footage with a 3 car garage in the East (SF) Bay Area. Now about $1.4M

[justme4now]

My home has gained, (with some ups and downs), almost $9,000 a month since we purchased it in 2004.😇