real estate with a view = ???

today i went out looking at houses for my parents. they want a view so i went and looked at view homes. what did i get??? absolutely zip... the amount people want for a view home is reasonable but there is always something wrong with either A. the house, B. the property, or (my personal favorite) C. the neighborhood. i looked at homes for 4 hours in 2 different major areas and you got a great home and property with crazy party people as neighbors, amazing neighbors and home with shitty property, or nice property and neighbors but an old home that obviously needed some love and attention. 5 months ago in the same areas i could have found just what i wanted for CHEAPER!!! now maybe, just maybe, i need to not get worked up over everything but i honestly have to say that the real estate in the NW is crap right now.