It just occurred to me that for the traditional 20% down payment on a house in Seattle, it is possible to buy a nicer house here in the Tampa area for that down payment alone.

A $900,000 house in Seattle proper would be about a $180,000 house here. The $180,000 house here unless you bought in a very, very exclusive neighborhood would probably be better than the $900,000 Seattle house slightly.

$9000,000 * 0.2 = $180,000.

Damn.