Living here every weekend with his girlfriend in this 1, 200-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom home requires self-reliance.

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For maximum privacy, a two bedroom 4305 square foot villa opened this year.

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Your neighbor also owns a four-bedroom home, but this house sports a two-car garage, a 150-square-foot shed and a beautiful swimming pool.

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With just 17 rooms (including a two-bedroom, butler-staffed villa), this beachfront resort is located on an 18th-century sugar plantation on the exclusive Caribbean island of Mustique.

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That wouldn't buy an average two-bedroom condo in Manhattan or Boston's Back Bay this year.

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