I will never regret buying that house in Paleto Bay, I have literally weeks that I have not set foot on LS, I don't have a lot of money, but living far away from every danger that LS offers (except the typical Lazer spawn trapper that detects you cruising around) and not having to spend a lot of money on ammo and bulletproof vests, let alone MMI, is great...
I mean, $150k for a decent apartment, 6 car garage, a view of a freaking mountain, everything you need (Clothing Store, Tattoo shop, Barbery, convenience store and a Mechanical garage) is closer to each other than it is in LS, and you've got some great paths to offroad

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Oh and my most expensive cars are collecting dust in the 10 car garage of my apartment close to Vespucci Beach, because I don't need them, I have a Sultan, a Bison, a SandKing XL, a Dubsta, a Sabre Turbo and a Bagger, they are great for cruising around/off-roading.
And there's this mission that you have to rescue a family member of Madrazo and escort him to Grapeseed, and you can use the mountain road to evade the guys who are trying to kill you, if you do it solo, it'll take you some time, and that means more money, if you take a relaxed strategy to do the mission, you should not die and you'll recieve $17k when you complete the mission, without touching LS soil , the best thing about this is that the place you have to go to rescue the guy is no farther than 1km from the house!
Those properties are great!
