What can you buy for $500K in San Diego?

And I mean a 3 bedroom or more single family house. $500K seems to be a critical cutoff. If you use Zillow you can see that on the map below. 

I set the filter for 3 bedrooms and less than $500,000 and got back 81 properties. That's a good number because it's small, but indicates were just above the threshold of impossible. 

(It's worth noting that the blank space near the bottom of map belongs to Chula Vista -36 properties not shown because they are not in San Diego limits.)

81 3 bedrooms < $500K:Courtesy Zillow

Many of these are some kind of pre-foreclosure or auction listing. Some are obvious outliers like the one in La Jolla that will never sell for under $500K.

But there are some real deals. Here's one:

6515 Springfield St

This Springfield property seems a bit weird. What the hell are these rectangular sections made from concrete and block?

 But I digress. You get the idea. Stay tuned.





Update: 3:20pm
I applied the same filter over at Redfin which doesn't supply all the extraneous Auctions.com and "preforeclosure" properties. By doing that  find 16 properties - all MLS listings. This is probably a better idea of how hard it is to find a 3 bedroom under $500K.