Van Elslander mansion sold for only $3.75 million

**Goose** · December-24-14, 01:20 AM

1. It may be likely that the property was purchased for location only, and may be a tear down an rebuild, only shows the actual divide between reality and money for the super wealthy... think of it, if you make 100K, which is a very good income, and you go out to eat and spend $500, to a guy that makes $1 milliion, thats a $50 meal to him... a guy that makes 10 million can drop a 500 bucks out his pocket and it like the average guy losing a $5..........

2. smart money is leaving GP, other than those that have 2-3 other residences... if you have means for a decent lifestyle GP is not a good bet....... look at the number of 500K plus houses on the market, seems like a bargain until your ULS kid gets shot in the D

MAcc · December-24-14, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Goose

2. smart money is leaving GP, other than those that have 2-3 other residences... if you have means for a decent lifestyle GP is not a good bet....... look at the number of 500K plus houses on the market, seems like a bargain until your ULS kid gets shot in the D

I have a lot of friends that grew up in the Pointes and were not friends with nor would they ever associate or so much as acknowledge the caliber of characters these girls were riding around Detroit with. Untouchables vs. aristocrats. They're proper, ambitious and only associate with private school kids. I think there are two Grosse Pointes. Just as there are two Birminghams. I believe Bloomfield Hills is about the only zip code you can't infiltrate without $300k for a house. The girls smoking weed in Detroit live in crappy $150k homes a few blocks from Detroit.

**Goose** · December-24-14, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by MAcc

The girls smoking weed in Detroit live in crappy $150k homes a few blocks from Detroit.

wow, cant believe the squalor of a crappy 150K GP home.....

anyway, I have a kid a monteith, he's got friends in GPS that have what you might describe as mansions, 5000 sq ft ,inground pools, all the fun shit..... and there are others in modest bungalows of 1200 sq. ft.... all mixiing well.....

anyway, we live in a crappy 150K gpw house..... have to constantly remind the spoiled kids how lucky they are.... its all perspective