The Rent Killer

2000 Bayliner 4788 Pilothouse - $140,000

Stop scrolling Zillow. You can’t buy a studio apartment in Fort Myers for $140,000. But you can buy this.

We found the cheapest way to live like a millionaire on the East Coast. This is a 2000 Bayliner 4788, the undisputed champion of “Square Footage Per Dollar.”

Usually, these boats trade in the $200k+ range. This one is listed at $140,000. Why? It doesn’t have the new Garmin glass cockpit. The carpet is probably from the Clinton administration. It’s honest.

But look at the bones. You get the iconic pilothouse (with visibility that rivals a superyacht), a bathtub in the master suite, and a third stateroom for guests (or storage). This isn’t a boat; it’s a floating condo that can cross to the Bahamas on a tank of fuel.