Hot Home News: A-Rod, Mel Gibson & New York Penthouse With Slide

Online, October 26, 2012 (Newswire.com) - This week's Top 10 homes spotlight at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com includes a look at Alex Rodriguez' 20,000 square foot Miami Beach mansion. A-Rod may have had a bad MLB Playoff series and ended up on the bench, but he is still a super star when it comes to real estate. His contemporary waterfront home with views across Biscayne Bay to the City of Miami skyline has 9 bedrooms, 12 baths, 275' of water frontage and is one of the most expensive homes for sale in South Florida at $38 million.

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Mel Gibson has been investing and making big profits in real estate for years owning multiple properties all over the world. He sold his 300-acre farm in Australia in 2004 for $6 million and in the same year, purchased Mago Island in Fiji for $15 million. In 2005 he sold his 45,000-acre Montana ranch to a neighbor. In 2007, he purchased a 400-acre Costa Rican ranch for $26 million and later that year sold his 76-acre Connecticut estate for a hefty $31 million profit. Lavender Hill Farm is the 9 bedroom, 9 bathroom home he shared with ex-wife Robyn in Malibu from 1989 until she filed for divorce in 2009. He just sold it for $9.26 million.

Phil Galfond is a big time computer guy who owned a New York penthouse, but moved to Canada a few years ago. While living in New York, Phil installed a slide between his upstairs apartment and downstairs living room so he could quickly get back to his computer during bathroom breaks. His 2,400 square feet, 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom penthouse just sold for $3.3 million.

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