At $250k/year you can barely afford that house. I knew abstractly that SV real estate was expensive, but presented with a 1100 sq ft house on a medium size lot for $1.2M almost gave me a heart attack.

I know I live out in the sticks, but seriously the only house I know of that costs that much around here is 11,000 sq ft, on 30 acres of land and has both indoor and outdoor pools, a movie theater room and a gym.