[evoxed]

Depends where in New York City. Manhattan, no way. 1.5m would cover just the buying price of a single apartment in any new building. Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, SI– "maybe". As in, if they're both brilliant and well disciplined planners and happen to be lucky...

[psytek]

Shipping containers cost about $5k each new... The lot we're buying costs $950k - both well within our initial $1.5M budget.