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Dynasty

Joe Beese — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:47:44 -0800

Coincidental to the publishing of her memoir, Candy Spelling - the widow of legendary television producer Aaron Spelling - is selling her Beverly Hills mansion for $150 million. (Daughter Tori Spelling is not expected to share in the proceeds.)

"Redneck mansion."

kmennie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:25:15 -0800

Dream-like "redneck mansion" is (disappointingly) actually a theatre set, but still a great bit of architecture.

Either Make an Offer or Geeeeeettttt Ouuuuuuttt

thanotopsis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:25:49 -0800

If a seller told me his house was haunted, would I be obligated to disclose this information? You think disclosure of ghosts is funny? The fact is, a Haunted House falls into the characteristic of "stigmatized" housing. Disclosure of this information, and the laws surrounding it, are typically up to the state. Some Agents have written columns on how to tame your ghosts so that the house sells. Of course, some ghosts can be very helpful and promote the property value for you. Would you live in a haunted house? Federal Law has seven protected classes that limit the types and kinds of disclosure, like how you can't tell people your ghost has AIDS. Here in Wisconsin [pdf], we have 5 additional protected classes, and haunted houses are still a concern. Finally, Madison tacks on an additional 7 classes (I'm pretty sure the ghosts in question won't be able to disclose their SSN when asked, so they're obviously protected). Besides, Halloween cost Madison nearly 3/4ths of a million dollars last year. If you're not into living with ghosts, be careful when you visit such a house: They may follow you home.

Todays productivity Killer

Badgermann — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:55:29 -0800

Mansion impossible is a simple little real estate flipping game that will kill what productivity you have left today.

I live in a Mansion... With Wilfred Brimley?

qDot — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 20:18:12 -0800

Play MASH. Relive the game that made you completely ignore most of your elementary education. Warning: Not safe for getting work done any time soon.

PrinceValium — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:33:19 -0800

Do you want fries with that house? Not content with a normal McMansion, the Banner family of Potomac, Md. upgraded four years ago from a 4,500 square foot house to a 8,500 square foot house. Its six bedrooms and nine bathrooms now comfortably accomodate the house's two adults and two children. The unusually ironic NYTimes (reg req.) article does not spare us the absurdities of this arrangement, a growing trend in wealthy suburban enclaves. Interior decorators must now "supersize" furniture to fill up a cavernous "media room". Entire wings of the house sit unused for months, because the suburban rich entertain others at home no more often than their middle-class counterparts.

Suppose you had a $500k income and a completely empty 2 acre zoned lot in Potomac in which to live. What might you build there?