Tag: Terry Walsh
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Yankee Candle Founder’s Estate: “like having Disneyland in the backyard”
Michael Kittredge started making candles as a teenager and selling them to friends and family. One of his first products was a Christmas candle he made for his mother on the family stove out of his melted crayons and a wick from a shoelace. Within a few years, he had opened his first Yankee Candle…
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NORTH AMERICAS MOST EXPENSIVE HOME FOR SALE
Once projected to list for $500 million USD, this LA home is for sale at a still staggering $295 million USD. “America’s Most Expensive Home – Twice As Big as the White House” One of the world’s most expensive homes, appropriately named “The One,” has just hit the market. Construction ran several years late causing…
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Porsche Tower Condos Allows Owners To Take Cars Up In Elevator
New York City is home to over 70 of the world’s billionaires, but when they want to get away to decompress, many shed their suit and tie for a guayabera, white slacks and boat shoes and head to South Florida for the white sand beaches, fine dining, yachting and golfing. Some have been heading to…
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Selling An American Comedy Icon’s UFO House
It took awhile, but eventually, Bob Hope’s UFO house sold for $13 million USD, after first being listed in early 2013 with a price tag of $50 million USD. Having gone through a couple of price cuts over the years, the most recent cut lowered the ask to $25 million USD. But with no comparable…
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United States ‘ NSA Spy Town ‘ Going To Real Estate Auction
An abandoned United States Navy Information Operations Command spy town with 80 homes and amenities such as bowling alley and football field is going to auction and featured this week by our friends at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “United States Spy Town Auction” It’s not the first time that an entire American town has gone on the auction block, but…
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Real Estate Bubble? Celebrities Forced To Reduce Asking Price On Homes By Millions
Both Celine Dion and Puff Daddy have vastly reduced the prices on their mansion homes, featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “Celine Drops Price on Florida Water Park Home” Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion and her manager husband, René Angélil, built their dream Florida home on Jupiter Island in 2010. The location offered the privacy the…