"We need the extra room," she says of the three-bedroom house they now live in.
A basic three-bedroom house within walking distance of the beach is $25,000 to $40,000.
They bought their three-bedroom house six years ago for $165,000.
They include 10 three-bedroom houses, with an average asking price of $315,000.
And they found a three-bedroom house to rent for just $325 a month.
The next year, he bought his small three-bedroom house for less than $200,000.
While working at the bar, she lived with 20 other women in a three-bedroom house that they were rarely allowed to leave.
This money paid for the building of two schools and 16 three-bedroom houses.
The average three-bedroom house on the water, he said, is now worth about $1.4 million.
But even when combined, it was possible to buy a new, three-bedroom house for less than $70,000.