Originally Posted by Meloman

My place isn't worth 2 million quite yet, but pretty close. But I did things a little differently that most. I bought a 4 unit apartment building about 3 years ago. I live in the best unit...but it's still just a small 2 bd. apartment. The other units pay the mortgage so I'm basically sitting here for free, lol.

A 2 million dollar home is a 2 million dollar home no matter what BUT appreciation is different depending where you're at. So someone could very easily have bought something a few years ago that is now "worth" over 2 million even though the orginal purchase could have been much, much less.