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.
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.
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.
Fact via KCET / Image via Wikimedia Commons
4. Donald Trump
Fact via Forbes / Image via Wikimedia Commons
5. Someone became an actual millionaire by selling virtual real estate in the online game ‘Second Life’.
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.
Fact via Ecowest / Image via Usplash
7. Half of all the privately owned land in Scotland is owned by 432 people.
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.
Fact via The Richest / Image via Flickr
9. Times Square
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.
Fact via The Week / Image via Flickr
11. Trinity Church
Fact via Wikipedia / Image via Wikipedia
12. Mall of America
