Playboy Mansion For Sale….Only $200 Million! Will Neighbor Sean Parker Bite?
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It was rumored late last week that the famous Playboy Mansion would go on sale in the coming days and earlier this morning, the property was officially listed for a whopping $200 million (source: TMZ)! The fact that it’s listed for such a stupidly high number means A) they don’t want tourists rolling up in their rented Mustang convertibles for an open house tour & B) the focus is on the 0.0001%.
Obviously, the listing agents have big money in their eyes, even though TMZ’s real estate sources have a $90 million price tag on the property. Even that price is pretty crazy, but possibly not too crazy if you happen to be a tech billionaire!
Lucky for Hef, his very next door neighbor is none other than former Facebook president Sean Parker, who’s currently worth somewhere around $3 billion (probably mostly in FB stock). Sean coughed up around $55 million for the 2.3 acre property next door, also known as the Brody House (he bought this property from Ellen DeGeneres who made a cool $15 million after owning it for only six months!). Even if Sean doesn’t bite on the extra six acres, I’m sure one of his billionaire friends wouldn’t mind bagging the property (for bragging rights), so it’ll be interesting to see who ends up owning the Playboy Mansion in a few months. While I’m a little skeptical about the $200 million, the slimy agents might just be using the old “ask for a lot & back off” trick. My range for the final selling price is $100-125 million.
