SERIOUSLY?! 12 Real Estate Facts That Will Leave You In Shock

Real estate… gotta love it! As much as you think you know about it, you probably didn’t know these fun facts…

1. New York City’s Central Park has a land area of 843 acres with estimated value of $512,626,276,800.

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Fact via Urbanful / Image via Google Earth

2. There’s an island in Alexandria Bay, NY called “Just Enough Room”. It has just enough room for a house and a tree.

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Fact via When on earth / Image via Wikipedia

3. The landmark “Hollywood” sign originally read “Hollywoodland” and was constructed in 1923 as a publicity stunt to sell real estate.

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Fact via KCET / Image via Wikimedia Commons

4. Donald Trump

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Fact via Forbes / Image via Wikimedia Commons

5. Someone became an actual millionaire by selling virtual real estate in the online game ‘Second Life’.

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Fact via Business Week / Image via Wikipedia

6. The Federal Government owns about 50% of the land in the Western U.S. and less than 5% in the Eastern half.

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Fact via Ecowest / Image via Usplash

7. Half of all the privately owned land in Scotland is owned by 432 people.

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Fact via Youtube / Image via Unsplash

8. Before appearing in his first movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a self-made millionaire at 22 years old – thanks to his investments in real estate and bodybuilding equipment company.

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Fact via The Richest / Image via Flickr

9. Times Square

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Fact via The Guardian / Image via Wikipedia

10. Aspen, Colorado has such high real estate prices that in 2011, the cheapest listing was a $559,000 trailer.

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Fact via The Week / Image via Flickr

11. Trinity Church

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Fact via Wikipedia / Image via Wikipedia

12. Mall of America

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Fact via Wikipedia / Image via Flickr

Author

Seth Williams

Seth Williams is an experienced land investor, commercial real estate banker and residential income property owner. He is also the Founder of REtipster.com – a real estate investing blog providing real world guidance for part time real estate investors.

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