They get the most clicks by getting people riled up enough to share it, which gets more clicks.I just opened WSJ's real estate section, and the top stories are all on celebrities' mansions.

But there are no Ferraris or mansions in my near or probably far future. 

t together in the last 10-15 years and seems to be on the right track for the future.The middle - Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Orangevale, and Citrus Heights have a mix of everything from old, run-down houses to fully-custom mansions.

In Memphis you can have a boarded up shack a block away from a $500K mansion, so you can't shop by zip code; you need to have (your own or someone else's) actual eyes on the property and drive the neighborhood.  

lol yea, unfortunately the days of $500k mansions are gone out here though.

Houses that are not mansions or mcmansions but do have more than 8 bedrooms come up on the market from time to time- usually these are early 1900's homes that have had significant additions and alterations over the years.

Plus, that was an insane price - a mansion where I came from.

Just by doing that activitiy alone (not to mention the contract writing, and other key acitivities), the OP is illegally practicing real estate without a license.You may be able to do it without getting caught, but my guess is that it will catch up to you eventually....just like everyone else who thinks they can get away with something....and then is eventually dragged off from their mansion in handcuffs.BTW....it's usually the ones with the biggest egos that make it to the 5 o'clock news doing their perp walk

For example, if someone has $5M cash while want to live in a $10 Millions mansion, he probably do far better financially by renting the $10M property and investing the $5M  in rental properties rather than dumping all his $5M in the $10M mansion.Of course, there are other non-financial factors mentioned by others.    

After 12 years of great tenants our large 6 bed/3 bath 1828 mansion was again vacant.