It was the Golden Age before the Years of Our COVID-19 Insanity that a 640-square-foot home on San Francisco's Potrero Hill sold for an astounding $2 million in March of 2020. The price included broker fees, a demolition permit, and architectural plans to replace the shack with a four-level, two-unit building. Experts predicted that the new building, with its views of the bay and downtown, might be worth $5 or $6 million. Read this story