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"Out friends and family thought we were crazy," Misa said. The couple started looking at boats in 2005, while everyone else was buying real estate at the height of the bubble.
They figured they could save money living on a boat rather than squandering money on rent or blowing their savings on a house. San Francisco is one of the most expensive housing markets in the US. Between 2005 and 2017, the median sales price rose from $840,000 to $1.5 million.
They got on the waitlist for a live-aboard permit in a Bay Area marina and started shopping.