Saw this and had to reply to OLDSINNER... love it. Anyway, I LOVE Marina del Rey, but unless you have a TRUST FUND or INHERITANCE of some kind, it takes a LOT of money to get what I would call a house and on any kind of property. Don't know where you want to settle but if you need to ask, my answer would be EVERY PENNY you make in income... the more you make the more you want for yourself... (car-MERCEDES, boat, family, and community).