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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
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Four.  One each in DC, New York, Paris and Barbados.

Jul 27, 2016 11:09 AM
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Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
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Three!

One in Elkhart Indiana

One in Grants Pass Oregon

One on a Beach

Jul 27, 2016 02:37 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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4 - one in Southern California, one on Cape Cod, one in Paris and one in Tuscany

Jul 27, 2016 12:41 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

2...one home base and one lake cabin  right in my home state.

Jul 27, 2016 11:24 AM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Two to own -- Los Angeles and New York City.   

Jul 28, 2016 12:47 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I dont see anything wrong with having two homes and living that life. One by the ocean air and the other would be mountains/forrests/canyons type

Jul 27, 2016 11:39 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

a couple of luxury homes on the ocean....florida, california and rhode island....

Jul 27, 2016 10:33 PM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
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I think a primary is sufficient. Sailboat for my second home would be my preference.

Jul 27, 2016 09:45 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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I'd own two luxury apartments... one in NYC (my original hometown) and one in Paris (my adopted hometown). Otherwise, I'd just stay in luxury hotels where ever I wanted to be.

Jul 27, 2016 08:17 PM
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Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

One here on Kauai and one in southern France or Tuscany.

Jul 27, 2016 05:53 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
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Well, with those money, i would probably not even count, and would have as many as I want ( even if I do not need them). 

Jul 27, 2016 04:45 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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One home is enough.

Jul 27, 2016 02:17 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
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John,

We met someone who has 12 homes, and they were all spectacular.  A

Jul 27, 2016 01:00 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I would probably own 3-4 and do an awful lot of renting when I traveled. I would want to stay in an area for a few weeks.

Jul 27, 2016 12:44 PM
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Mike Rock
Complete Design - Granite Bay, CA
Granite Bay Luxury New Construction...For Less

2. one in hawaii , the other in california.

Jul 27, 2016 12:11 PM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
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One home in Erie, PA

Jul 27, 2016 11:30 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
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Only one.  It would be on a private island that I could declare as a sovereign nation.

Jul 28, 2016 07:02 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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3.  One in old East Dalls, one in the Caribbean, and one in New England.

Jul 27, 2016 09:57 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I would say not more than 3. Since I love being near water, somewhere close to it or viewing it. 

Some of the places that he owns are a little over the top for me but were great in 1900's wealth.  100 room house is a little much for me.

Old rowhouse in Paris near the Seine near all the diplomatic houses.

Jul 27, 2016 09:16 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
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John Bear - a FEW homes in different cities of India....

Jul 27, 2016 04:15 PM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
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1 principal home and 1 vacation home. 1 big plot.

Jul 27, 2016 01:08 PM
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John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
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No more than I currently plus our Sprinter that can take us anywhere anytime.

Jul 27, 2016 12:16 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Steamboat Springs

Denver

San Diego

and  maybe 2 more.

Jul 29, 2016 01:15 AM
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
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If I liked it I would buy it, no questions asked.

Jul 28, 2016 01:09 PM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
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I would have to think about this, but I would certainly have a home in the mountains for winter and summer use, and maybe one that is in a primarily warm place for a quick winter get away. 

Jul 28, 2016 12:06 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Just one ... large estate home with the Pacific Ocean as my backyard. 

Jul 28, 2016 07:31 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I don't know.  Why not give me $10 billion and see what happens.

Jul 28, 2016 05:19 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'd have one in each of my favorite vacation spots.  I'd probably get a little place in Vegas, one in Dallas/Fort Worth, one in NYC, one in Norway and one in Ibiza.  Then I'd spend my time between all of them, probably living in Ibiza right now... for some reason...  maybe that's the club/trance music I have on talking right now.

Jul 28, 2016 04:23 AM
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Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Three - our present home, one in Italy and one on a small island somewhere.

Jul 28, 2016 03:48 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

One main one and lots of pied a terre's in strategic parts of the world e.g. beach areas, ski areas, major cities and so on.

Jul 28, 2016 02:11 AM
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Kartik Subramaniam
Adhi Schools, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Market Analysis--Educational Content, Adhi Schools

Off the top of my head:

Nashville, NYC, Beach, Mountains. + one or two wildcards (maybe abroad?) that are more residence than investment. I'm thinking 5-6. 

 

Jul 28, 2016 01:40 AM
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Allie Angeloni
Long Realty - Oro Valley, AZ

I can answer this question right away, and don't even need to give it any thought - HA! - John Bear!  For me it would be two homes, a house on the mainland, where we currently live in AZ, and a second home (a condo) on the Islands, preferably Maui.  So, it would be 2 homes. 

Jul 28, 2016 01:20 AM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

I'd have a few...

1) spectacular condo in downtown Chicago

2) spectacular SFH in San Francisco

3) Some place fantastic in London, or Paris.

4) A nice apartment / house on the beach in the Hawaiian isles.

Jul 28, 2016 12:38 AM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
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John Bear I'm happy where I am and don't see any need to live anywhere else.

Jul 28, 2016 12:19 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Two

Jul 27, 2016 11:45 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I'd own quite a few

Jul 27, 2016 11:36 PM
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Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I would purchase as many as I could for cash with no loan balances.

Jul 27, 2016 11:27 PM
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Bob Betel
Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc. - Sweetwater, TN
President, Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc

I would buy a house next door to Donald, then build a wall 30 feet high around my property so that the illegal landscapers can not go on my property and have Donald pay for it. OK seriously, I would buy a farm near Knoxville Tennessee, and maybe one other place, like Bend or Newport Oregon or somewhere in New England. But nothing over the top. I still want to be who I am now, and not show off

Jul 27, 2016 11:19 PM
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Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

1) Golf Course home in LaQuinta, California
2) Lake home on Lake Chelan, Washington
3) Oceanfront home (I need to go shoppping)

Jul 27, 2016 10:55 PM
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Chrissi Chapman Topoleski
Coldwell Banker Realty - Woodbridge, VA
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I'd like one by the beach, by the lake, in the tropics, and my own home. I'm fine with having enough money to rent that many places a year.

Jul 27, 2016 10:12 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I would love to have those decisions to make.

Jul 27, 2016 09:51 PM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

One here in NH and another somewhere warm, South Florida.....

Jul 27, 2016 09:50 PM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

1.

Jul 27, 2016 09:36 PM
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Pete Xavier
Investments to Luxury - Pacific Palisades, CA
Outstanding Agent Referrals-Nationwide

7-Since that's my lucky number, but I can think of only three places:

1) Ocean front in Hawaii, likely on Oahu's North Shore.

2) Lakefront entertaining home built for sister's family, but a place for me to crash when there. Likely in Oakland County, Michigan. Have the rough drawings for this one.

3) In Southern California, NON waterfront. Would consider building on large lot in Rancho Sante Fe, A place in West Los Angeles or in Coastal Orange County.

All homes to be custom built new ones.

At one time did consider a new home overseas, but with the regulation and local corruption, I withdrew my interest. I would be only a renter of overseas property after some thought.

Jul 28, 2016 04:28 AM