i saw some trivia posted the other day, thought i'd add a few things!
A small collection of real estate trivia. If you have real estate triva
to share,
please send it to http://crazyrealtor.com
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The floors of buildings are called stories because early European builders
used to paint picture stories on the sides of their houses. Each floor had
a different story.
The most expensive piece of property ever recorded was in October 1988,
the Mediya Building in central Tokyo was sold for 358.5 million yen
($248,000)
per square foot.
There are almost 314,000 million-dollar homes in the United States, and
41%
of these are located in California.
Q. Whose mansion sold for about $2 million after just one day on the
market?
A. Soon after the death of George Burns his home was put on the market;
the home sold in 24 hours.
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Q. Which U.S. hotel has more fountains than any other hotel in the world?
A. The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada has more than 1,000 fountains
embellishing an 11+ acre artificial lake.
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