She was hired by the California Housing Finance Agency ... that year to afford a $110,000 down payment on a $515,000 beach house in Sonoma County, plus $57,000 for a central heating system.
So, renting a Southern California house is almost an extra thousand bucks ... Palm Springs: Off 5% to $5,065 (No. 16). Manhattan Beach: Off 3.5% to $6,906 (No. 3). Rancho Mirage: Off 3.4% to ...