I'm assuming (hoping) that's the case. I assume though I may make more per year, it's all gobbled up by the housing costs so it evens out. The real goal is to get a house here, build a huge pile of equity, then retire somewhere outside of southern cal. My dream would be to buy a nice year round cabin on a lake somewhere. (Getting Roger out of the city will be the tricky part - he's a total city mouse.)