I'm astounded by what folks on the coasts pay for housing.
A friend's daughter just paid 400k for a middling condo in N. Virginia.
Flyover country may not be glamorous but 400k buys a beautiful 3000+sf brick home in a nice suburb in Indiana.
And in the story, the guy's mortgage is 3k/month and will double soon when he goes off the teaser rate. Those folks who work at Google must make some serious bucks.
Where did she find something that cheap in NOVA? ;)