This is a first for me in Zillow-watching: Beds in the theater room. "Impressive home theater and meditation sanctuary" per the listing. I'm guessing the crazy Escher-style room (or is it Dazzle camouflage?) leads to it. #SaturdayNightZillow
Not sure about having upholstered furniture in the bathroom. But it looks nice. #SaturdayNightZIllow
Really just a nice house. The bedroom is too big for my taste, but the grounds are pretty, and if it was, say, 1/10th the price I'm in! #SaturdayNightZIllow
Next up on #SaturdayNightZillow: a fantasy castle estate in Woodstock, Connecticut. It's *INSANE* and priced like it too. $35M.
126-foot towers, 18K+ sf, 9BR/7+BA/12 fireplaces, *75 acres*, MOAT
h/t @DrewSavzillow.com/homedetails/45…
The interior of the castle has quirks. Almost overstuffed. I assume owned by a collector? Is that a mummy sarcophagus, totem pole, etc? #SaturdayNightZillow
The kitchen is a little visually disorienting though spectacular. I kind of imagine it's where Merlin whips up some potions. #SaturdayNightZillow
There is a long, strange, sad story behind this castle. Read through the link about the man who built it:
Up next on #SaturdayNightZillow, a 10K sf Nevada party mansion with a *colossal* LAZY RIVER, a waterfall w/ hidden grotto, two jacuzzis + views of Lake Mead. Um, isn't there a water shortage out West? zillow.com/homedetails/10…
Inside is sort of fairly standard megamansion fare. Suit of armor, kitchen that is almost too large. Nice water wheel/kitschy old West thing going on outside. #SaturdayNightZillow
Surprised this house is just $3.9M honestly. You could charge admission to that lazy river.
Strong "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Whose the Fairest of Them All" energy in this bathroom. But, as @StephanieKelton notes, no toilet paper???
Have you ever wanted to own a mansion designed as a showcase for your classic car collection? Well, have I got a house for you!!!
Parking for 25 cars. $1.75M. 30 acres! Pennsylvania is on #SaturdayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/10…
Both my wife and my sister-in-law separately sent me this listing so you know it's worth a click through. #SaturdayNightZillow
Up next, AFFORDABLE MAINE ISLAND COTTAGE. You'd own one 1/6th interest in a 39-acre private island. You get a high cottage with 1K sf, solar power and spectacular views.
52 of us could put in $11K each and have a week a year for life on this island.
NEW JERSEY represent on #SaturdayNightZIllow. OMG this crazy estate. Prepare your retinas. I'm not really sure *how* to describe this decor? $3.3M. and 7BR/have 7BA, nearly 7 acres. Pools, slides, party time! zillow.com/homedetails/23…
My eyes don't know how to process this door. Is this a normal thing in New Jersey??? Imagine bringing groceries in and having to avoid tripping down the marble. #SaturdayNightZillow
Sweet indoor pool on the left, party sauna (seats 8) on the right. Some insane parties were held here. #SaturdayNightZillow
They call this a "hibachi table." Who says you can't learn new things on Zillow? #SaturdayNightZillow
Not sure whether to love this TV setup or hate it. It seems a little distracting. #SaturdayNightZillow
Affordable CANADA housing on #SaturdayNightZillow. The southern tip of Nova Scotia has a cute 2BR cottage near beaches, lighthouse. $109K in Canadian dollars. A bargain? 52 of us should put $2K in each for a week for life! zillow.com/homedetails/15…
Possible bargain of the week, if you like bright colors. $225K gets you a big, bold house with central air.
5BR, 3BA, 3K+ sf on a big lot. Things are cheaper in Goldsboro, North Carolina on #SaturdayNightZillow! zillow.com/homedetails/41…
Listing calls this place "a license to print money" -- a 7-unit Victorian and an adjacent restaurant for $638K. Looks like it should be in the movies on the outside at least...
I've, uh, seen nicer pools. But it's Vermont. How often are you going to go swimming anyway? #SaturdayNightZillow
$286K gets you a ~6600 sf, 6BR real house on .75 acre in Illinois. Monthly payment $1417. Why do we live in expensive places again? The Internet exists. #SaturdayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/34…
This is a fun one. OWN YOUR OWN CAVE. Tourist attraction "Jacob's Cave" just north of Lake of the Ozarks. $3.42M, 223 acres. Did I mention, CAVE! Versailles, Missouri on #SaturdayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/23…
NEW CONSTRUCTION. Gold toilets. Rolls parked in front. Who did they build this for? Gaudy turned up to 11. New York on #SaturdayNightZillow. $7.888M, dubbed "Palace of Brookville" zillow.com/homedetails/2-…
Last house of the night really looks like an interior designer spent some time on it. May not be your style but I like it. La Cornue range, a lot of nice rooms and colors in a world of beige houses. Shelby, NC. zillow.com/homedetails/52…
Drone video of that Connecticut castle, which appears to be on an island. There are two separate bridges over the moat.
Some of the ways wealthy people shield their wealth are going untouched in the BBB bill so far: Never-realized gains, depreciation of appreciating real estate, 1031 provision that allows selling real estate without realizing gains, stepped-up basis at death, etc.
World's richest person is running a Twitter poll today on whether he should decide to realize some gains and therefore pay some taxes, or continue to not realize those gains and not pay taxes (which is perfectly legal under our system).
"Realize" is kind of a figurative term here, because billionaires can realize those gains in other ways by pledging a small portion of their wealth as collateral for low-interest loans for walking around money or for capital to start new companies.
Let's break down the cost of the $550B Biden infrastructure combo platter bill in a way most anyone can understand. 1/
The $550B almost entirely gets appropriated over 5 years, though it takes a little longer for some of the money to actually leave federal coffers. But we are talking roughly $110B a year extra for five years. What does that mean? 2/
$110B a year is about 2% of the federal budget.
Maybe think of a 49-deck cruise ship and you added another deck, maybe.
A lot of money? YES.
A big deal. YES.
Changing the arc of the budget universe? Not really. 3/
Many of you are too young to remember this but Pelosi also passed the Cap & Trade bill with GOP votes. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
This is back when I covered the House for Roll Call.
What happened next? Cap & trade never saw the light of day in the Senate. Talks between Lindsey Graham and John Kerry collapsed. And then, a young Joe Manchin cut an *EPIC* campaign ad…
Elizabeth Warren NOT yet sold on the SALT cap compromises that have been floated: She wants to make sure billionaires don’t benefit. Says they would be more appealing if paired w/Wyden’s Billionaire Income Tax.
One issue is billionaires can benefit from the House’s $72,500 cap…
And billionaires could even benefit if you have an income cap of about $400K floated by Sanders/Menendez. That’s because some billionaires are able to avoid having much/any adjusted gross income.
FED NEWS:
*SHERROD BROWN SAYS it's still a "maybe" whether Jay Powell will get the nod, expects Biden to name a slate of ~4 picks
*RICK SCOTT tells Powell he will oppose a renom, citing inflation, unless he changes course bigtime/pronto bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Brown expects a slate will both look more like America but also think more like it, whether Powell gets another four years or not; he's NOT echoing Warren's "dangerous man" line and says pick is Biden's decision.
Brown also calls Fed vice chair of supervision really, really, really important and said he made multiple recommendations to Biden but won't name names publicly.