BEHIND THE SCENE
Recently I read an article about intriguing real estate facts. It was so interesting I went to research more facts and found more than I bargained for actually. For example, I discovered “Fun Facts About Real Estate”, Mind-Blowing Real Estate Facts”, “Weird But True Real Estate Facts”, and last, but not least, “Real Estate Facts That Will Blow Your Freaking Mind”. Wow. I agree: mind blown. Below is a random sample I put together to entertain your brain. (Don’t laugh, I lifted this last phrase directly from one of the articles.
Here is a sampling of 22 of the most interesting tidbits I discovered online. Why did I choose the number 22?
To help us ring in the New Year, of course....
Happy 2022 everyone!
Read on and enjoy.
- 90% of the world’s millionaires became rich thanks to real estate. (The College Investor)
- Secret oil rigs are hidden inside Los Angeles high-rise office towers and industrial buildings. (Los Angeles Magazine)
- The Empire State Building makes more money from its Observation Deck ticket sales than it does from office space rent. (Theuijunkie.com)
- The Los Angeles Hollywood sign was originally a real estate sales promotion. (hollywoodsign.org)
- You could buy a mail-order house from Sears in the early 1900s. Many still ordered them up to the 1900s. Some experts estimate 70% of the Sears houses are still standing today. (NPR)
- In Mumbai, the Antilia is a private residence measuring 27 stories tall. (Guinness World Records)
- Fans of the hit TV show “Breaking Bad” still drive by and throw pizzas on the roof of featured character Walter White’s house. ( tvovermind.com )
- There’s a company that specializes in building secret rooms and hidden passages. One is so complex it requires a chess board played in a certain combination to unlock it. (Creative Home Engineering)
- Scottish homeowners have a common custom of painting their front door red to indicate they’ve paid off their mortgage. (Homes MSP)
- Individual real estate investors account for 74.4% of rental properties in the US. (US Census Bureau)
- Zillow is the most popular real estate marketplace in the US (The Most Expensive Homes)
- In the business world, McDonald’s is considered a real estate company thanks to its franchises paying rent. ( 1851franchise.com )
- There’s a secret apartment in the top of the Eiffel Tower. (architecturaldigest.com)
- Nearly half the homes in Japan are torn down after 30 years of being built. So much for buying a historic home there. (the guardian.com)
- Blogger Kyle McDonald bought a home for a paperclip by bargaining his way up with fourteen trade - first a paperclip for a pen, then a doorknob, and so on and so on until he worked his way up to a house. (TedxVienna Talk)
- The world’s largest treehouse had over 80 rooms, up to five stories, and took the builder over 14 years to build. Unfortunately it recently burned to the ground in less than 15 minutes. (architecturaldigest.com)
- Austin, Texas, is the top commercial real estate market in the US. (CSRE)
- There is a Dutch-made machine that transforms concrete rubble into Lego-like building blocks that allow victims of war or natural disasters to construct their own new, earthquake resistant houses. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- There are more single female homeowners in the US than single male homeowners. (Lending Tree)
- The average homeowner is likely to move 12 times in their lifetime. (Steinway)
- The most expensive residence in the world is Buckingham Palace, England. (Investopedia)
- 79% of Americans consider owning a home one of the greatest goals to achieve. (Bankrate) (And I intend to help as many as I can find the home of their dreams.)
I’m Suzanne Athey, owner and founder of Team Athey & Remarkable Property Management. I hope you found this blog post informative and entertaining. If you’d like to know more facts about real estate and leasing, please call me at 469-916-1222, or email me at suzanne@teamathey.com. I’d love to visit with you and answer all your real estate questions.
