“Pizza Hut Mansion” Fast food might not be a nutritionist’s choice for good physical health, but when it comes to making money, fast food franchises can be a sweet deal. This was certainly true for Richard Freeland who made his fortune in Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets with 52 stores in Ohio and […]
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“Shakira’s Miami Beach Contemporary Home”
Never a dull moment for pop superstar and TV’s “The Voice” judge, Shakira. Seen in Miami in March – possibly checking out the chic renovation plan on her Miami Beach residence, back to Spain which she considers her home base, and two days after putting her Miami Beach estate on the market, off to Hamburg, Germany to kick […]
“Chris Evert’s Florida Tennis Home”
Chris Evert, former world tennis champion, is selling her 5.23-acre tennis estate in Boca Raton, Florida, setting the price at $4.999 million. Chris was a key player of what made tennis a huge sport in the 1970s. A prodigy who won both the French Open and Wimbledon in 1974 at age 19 and was engaged to […]
“Christie Brinkley’s Tower Home”
America’s most popular supermodel, Christie Brinkley, has put her longtime Hamptons estate on the market asking $29.5 million. The 20-acre estate in Bridgehampton, called Tower Hill, is now far too large for empty nester Brinkley and though it was perfect for raising her daughters, it is no longer practical for a single woman with three children […]
Real Estate News – Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis & Taylor Swift
“Top 10 Real Estate News” “Cal Ripken Jr.’s Baseball Home Streak Ends” After over 30 years, Cal Ripken Jr. has sold his 24-acre suburban Baltimore home with baseball diamond. Ripken put the home on the market in 2016 at $12.5 million following a divorce from his wife of 29 years. After almost two years without […]
“Prince’s Island Mansion Going To Auction”
Similar to other celebrities Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres, Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton, Prince was a bit of a real estate collector buying and selling homes from California to Europe. But by the end of his second marriage in 2006, Prince centered his real estate purchases around his home state, Minnesota. Multiple tracts of acreage and homes […]
America’s Most Expensive Home Is Cheaper
A Southern California home with helicopter, candy wall and alligator-upholstered elevators was $250 million but is now on sale at $188 million and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “America’s Most Expensive Home Is On Sale” Back on the market and now on sale after the first buyer pulled out of his contract, last year’s most expensive U.S. […]
America's Most Expensive Home Is Cheaper
A Southern California home with helicopter, candy wall and alligator-upholstered elevators was $250 million but is now on sale at $188 million and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “America’s Most Expensive Home Is On Sale” Back on the market and now on sale after the first buyer pulled out of his contract, last year’s most expensive U.S. […]
“Kathie Lee's Key Largo Mansion”
‘Today’ show host Kathie Lee Gifford is asking $10.5 million for a Key Largo, Florida home that she bought in 1998 with husband Frank Gifford. In a club neighborhood that has everything from a choice of dog parks to golf and medical care, it is surprising that Kathie ever goes back to her New York […]
President Donald Trump bought his first mansion at age 35
“Donald Trump’s First Mansion Returns” Although the word “replay” is mostly used to describe a repeat of a play video in sports, it occasionally applies to real estate that has been pulled from the market after a long run without selling and then reintroduced at a later date. Such is the case with President Trump’s first […]