We recently highlighted famous athletes who lost their homes to foreclosure. Sad stories, indeed, yet many of these guys seem to be their own worst enemies, and the foreclosure was merely a symptom of larger problems in their lives and/or psyches. Sometimes, however, the encounter with foreclosure is merely close. And, as all athletes know, . . .
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While it takes an enormous amount of talent, time and effort to reach star-status in the athletic world, all of it can vanish, seemingly overnight. Whether through misfortune or stupidity, the mighty can fall into financial ruin like everyone else, just on a grander scale. RealEstate.com did a little digging and came up with the dirt on how some über wealthy athletes ended up broke and in foreclosure. . . .
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While the recent purchase of most of Hawaii’s island of Lanai doesn’t exactly give Oracle’s Larry Ellison feudal lord status, it does put him among the one-percenters who find owning an island a cool way to exhibit their wealth and status. . . .
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What happens, though, when the landlord trusts the tenant to make his mortgage payments and she decides to pocket the money instead? Additionally, the landlord can’t afford the payments either. Everyone’s not-so-favorite tabloid queen, Nadya Suleman, the “Octomom,” recently played out this interesting scenario in real life. . . .
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