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The White House Listed On Real Estate Website
Forget visiting the White House, if you have $10 million you can own it. At least that is the price for the president's home on the real estate website Redfin. From the article: "Obviously this is an error. It looks like Redfin software pulled an example listing from the website Owners.com by mistake. That example listing was the White House. We have e-mailed Redfin for comment." I know it's historic but it still looks a bit on the high side according to the comparables in the area.
John Doe lives there, right? =D
Ten Million is a steal if you realize how much you can make off renting it out. All those bedrooms, a huge garden, round the clock military security!
And close to historical sites for educational purposes!
I'm making an offer today!
You have to look at the selling prices of other presidential palaces and you have to include the potential of Lincoln's gold in the price.
Is the White House for sale? No, but you can certainly *rent* it for four years at a time, if the price is right.
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If so, I don't want it even if they give me a billion to own it! ;-)
I didn't know the US budget was in such dire straits =P
I think the price is a little high. You can buy a senate office for a lot less than that.
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Must have been to pricey to hire Indian resources to even screen the data coming in. Congrats to refin for being another duplicator instead of innovator.
Obama's White House has been for sale for nearly two years.
Oh wait... you mean the ACTUAL White House.
Considering that the current occupant paid $740.6 million for a 4-year lease....
This is obviously just some funny tech mistake, but I think in reality it would be good for the govt to sell some buildings.
Could we not make some govt staff site a little closer to one another.
What buildings near the White House are being used for comparison on this sale? My guess is that 10 Million is on the low side given the amenities in the house. Hell, there are places half that size out in Arlington that are going for a couple million, and they don't have anything like the primo location the White House enjoys.
I read the internet for the articles.
Security alert! Security alert! The freedom-hatin' tehrrists could find out where it is!
It's to rent the place (for a maximum of 2 4-year lease terms). And $10 is just a down payment of a small portion of the cash required for the buyer vetting process.
Generally the vetting process requires over 6 months, and requires the owner's special board they like to call the "Electoral College", to approve of you.
They also have to approve you renewing the lease.
Mistake, or really good way to draw attention to your website?
I'm sorry, it can't be up for sale. They sold it off some time ago (to the highest bidder)...
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Give it a rest already. The new jackass in chief has been there over a year at this point, and I haven't seen anything particularly positive to come out of it yet. In fact, he's made things even worse. I'd be far more concerned about that since he's the one in charge currently.
I know it's historic but it still looks a bit on the high side according to the comparables in the area.
What else in the DC area has an indoor pool, indoor bowling alley, private basketball court, and a private helicopter landing site?
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The $10 million isn't the *cost* of the house. It's what lobbyists and big business will *give* you if you live there.
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Buy it, slap on a coat of white semi-gloss, resell it to the federal government for a cool 100 mil!
No. No. No. You have to bitch about Bush/Chaney. It is all we have left in our pathetic lives. Must keep concentration on uber evil Bush/Chaney/Jew/Haliburton. Can .. not .. look ... at ..... self.
It does have one hell of a finished basement.
I didn't think things had gotten so rough for Halliburton that they would need to start selling some of their properties...
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
According to Zillow, it's actually worth $270,050,000. Not bad, for 55,000 sq ft in the middle of DC.
maybe the bank's foreclosing and listing the property preemptively. Did anyone check to see if the Obamas were in default? Just another black family getting tossed out by heartless corporate fatcats, nothing to see here.
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Nothing but bait for lame "buy the President" puns and a flood of partisan counterattacks. Nice work, editors.
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I know it's historic but it still looks a bit on the high side according to the comparables in the area.
That statement most certainly does not account for all the "extras" the house comes with. Has several floors that extend below ground level. Security facilities. Built-in armageddon proof bomb shelter. State of the art communications. and so on.
This does prompt a good question: How much would it really cost to make a copy of the white house, including the known grounds and security stuff presumably inside, as accurately as possible minus the one-of-a-kind artifacts?
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In the interest of full disclosure. We have to report a major structural fire on August 24, 1814. Most of the interior was gutted, and some exterior walls had to be re-built. The fire was ruled to be Arson, perpetrated by a gang of disgruntled Canadians. Since that time, there have been 40 other owners. Mostly white professionals although persons of a mixed ethnic background have been moving into the area in recent years.
To try to sell something this expensive without title to it. Obviously this is a hack. But there have been cases of "title identity theft" in the past by shady characters in my town. The county clerks dont rigorously check all the documents. If you after a change of mortgage lien along with owner name change, they assume the banks have worked it out. The shady cahracters would disguise this during a refi.
Per the District of Columbia Assessor, the property is assessed at $995 million -- $963m for the 18 acres of land and $31.1m for the building.
First it's his Senate seat, then he tries to sell Obama's house right out from under him. Cold-blooded :)
Don't be silly - China already owns it.
Individuals must choose, decide their "essential" nature rather than having it given from some transcendent source.
If you take into account the vast deep nuclear bunkers under the building, with self-sufficient life support, massive communication infrastructure and likely miles of secret passages, $10mln sounds like a very modest price for a secret base for a supervillain.
Too bad it's already occupied by one.
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I just want to be there and watch when the people try to move in! I would be sure to record it.
I didn't know the foreclosure problem getting this worse. or maybe we should have expected its coming, given our trillion dollar debts.
It reminds me this famous scam (English subtitles) in a 60s Italian movie. "Selling the Trevi fountain" has become an idiom in Italy since then.
Does it come with the security detail and the cooks?
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Some will say it's not the house that's for sale - it's the current resident and the BP has already put in a down payment.
Why yes I am a troll.... and your point is?
I piss off bigots.
This is the sample listing used on the open source software Open Realty. I installed it via Simplescripts and the white house listing is automatically created as a demo record.
A lot of commotion over nothing. I'm sure Open Realty is loving all the publicity though. I've been developing a property management site with it, and it's a great piece of software.
And are you gullible enough to think that jetfuel melts steal beams?
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I would buy it, and paint it black...
or red or blue...
They have rented a less expensive Condo in california Americathon
What planet do you live on??
Things aren't perfect - they rarely are after a national low-point like the Bush administration. But the unemployment rate is going down, the economy is actually creating jobs, and America is no longer the world's loud and violent 'special needs' child.
I didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to actually defend to Bush administration, or say that things were better under Bush than Obama. I guess your just here to remind us that Americans are terrible at learning from history.
I have a feeling that you won't be able to understand anything more nuanced than a picture, so please scroll down this linked article and look at the chart that proves Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress turned around the economy.
It all depends if some of its a fixer-upper or not. It has nice gardens, but you may want to add a cottage or two if you are turning it into a Bed-n-Breakfast. Large kitchen and dining area plus rooms for conferences would be good for conventions. If you had more parking, you could turn it into a modest hotel. Good central location, and pretty good curb appeal.
And are you gullible enough to think that jetfuel melts steal beams?
Are you dumb enough to believe that steel beams have to melt before they can break?
I've heard that it has a nicely finished basement.
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Anyone who has worked with steel knows that most alloys will bend more easily with a relatively modest application of heat.
With a lot of weight above bent structural members structural failure is guaranteed!
Zillow.com has a detailed listing for the White House saying it's worth $270,050,000. Interestingly, its purchase value peaked at $331M on April 1, 2008.
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Matt from Redfin here... For those curious we blogged about how the White House came to be for sale on Redfin, No, No, the White House is Not For Sale.
And are you gullible enough to think that jetfuel melts steal beams?
Another fucking MORON who has never heard of the several-thosand-year-old profession of BLACKSMITH.
"Truthers" make anencephalic howler monkeys look like Nobel Prize-winning physicists.
What planet do you live on??
Things aren't perfect - they rarely are after a national low-point like the Bush administration. But the unemployment rate is going down, the economy is actually creating jobs, and America is no longer the world's loud and violent 'special needs' child.
I didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to actually defend to Bush administration, or say that things were better under Bush than Obama. I guess your just here to remind us that Americans are terrible at learning from history.
I have a feeling that you won't be able to understand anything more nuanced than a picture, so please scroll down this linked article and look at the chart that proves Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress turned around the economy.
Got the nards to compare the MONTHLY Obama/Pelosi deficits with the YEARLY Bush ones?
Greece, here we come!
"Improved the economy"?!?! Which is why Captain Zero's asking for another 50 billion dollars so he can "save" the same jobs all over again? How many "unexpected" jumps in unemployment and how many "unforseen" drops in things like mortgage applications have to happen before you get your head out of your ass? Or is that Captain Zero's dick out of your mouth?
Included, with atomic-bomb-proof hardening and underground subway connection!
This could be a TOTALLY awesome evil overlord lair.
[submits bid]
Subject says it all....
I dunno, its kinda in a high crime neighborhood, considering that most of the laws that come out of Washington these days aren't authorized under the Constitution.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
There are still scorch marks and soot on the exterior. They are left there intentionally as a reminder.
I piss off bigots.
I thought Oprah bought the WhiteHouse....