This 24-year-old entrepreneur lives on a sailboat because San Francisco is so expensive - take a look

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Like many young people living in the outrageously expensive San Francisco Bay Area, Sarah Carter found her first city dwelling on Craigslist. Instead of a tiny apartment, however, her new home was located in a marina.

Carter has lived in a sailboat for about a year now. She tells Business Insider the money she saved by not renting an apartment enabled her to launch a startup - a direct-to-consumer, organic skincare company called Salinity - and still do things like any other 24-year-old.

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Take a look inside Carter's life at sea.