Ron Paul Slept Here: Peeking Inside Politicians' Homes On The Market

[gateley]

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is having a busy year, traveling the country to campaign for the GOP presidential nomination while spearheading House oversight of the Federal Reserve. As if that weren’t enough, he’s also trying to sell his house, without an agent. Paul listed his Lake Jackson, Texas, home of 42 years via Facebook earlier this year and also on a website, buyronpaulshouse.com. He’s asking $325,000 for 5,500 square feet that includes four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a craft room and a waterslide-bedecked pool.



As the campaigning for 2012 heats up, we decided to take a look at some of the real estate action involving current and former public servants over the past year, with a little help from the folks at Trulia.com, Realtor.com and Zillow.com.

Another Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, announced plans this summer to tear down a 3,000-square-foot La Jolla, Calif., mansion he purchased for $12 million in 2008 and build a new one quadruple the size. Romney, who made hundreds of millions as chief executive of Bain & Co. and Bain Capital, has been an active buyer and seller of properties: He also currently owns a Boston-area townhouse and a vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H. worth $10 million. In 2009 he sold a home in Belmont, Mass., for $3.5 million and a ski lodge in Deer Valley, Utah, for $5.25 million.

At the other end of the financial spectrum, Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) finally unloaded a three-bedroom home in Sacramento earlier this year in a short sale after going into default on the mortgage in 2008. Neighbors had complained that the home had fallen into disrepair and was a blight on the neighborhood. /snip

More (and gallery):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2011/10/19/washingtonians-slept-here-peeking-inside-politicians-homes-on-the-market/?partner=forbeslife_newsletter

[FSogol]

1. What? No mention of Paul's 135 cats, old newspapers papers piled to the ceiling, or

empty butter dish collections?

[arbusto_baboso]

3. How about the endless rows of jars filled with his own urine?

'Cuz you KNOW he has that around somewhere...

[FSogol]

4. True, true. The house that would worry me the most is Rick Santorums.

You just know there are dead bodies buried all over that property.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. And probably bizarre, extreme bondage gear, too.

[virgogal]

2. That's a bargain house in my area. $325,000.00======God !

[spanone]

5. the home they show with the 'Obama connection' makes one think it is his $23 million home

unless you read the second pic that says it's was a vacation home the Obama's rented......oh that danged liberal media

[valerief]

7. Only $325,000 for 5500 sq feet???? Astounding! nt

[uponit7771]

10. Yeap, that's Texas for you...there are no basements here though.....huge house for good prices

...well, good compared to the coaust

[FSogol]

8. This shows why Paul would make a terrible President, regardless of whether you agree with his insane

ramblings. Here he is, a US Senator Representative, currently running for President, and he's selling his house himself. He's too stubborn or cheap to pay an expert (real estate agent or broker) to sell it for him. What a fool.

[Ter]

9. He's a House member

If he were to get an agent, he could probably get a lot more money though. He's asking too little, I'd love to move in.

[sadbear]

12. Why do you think he's moving?

He's not going to be president, and I believe he's not running for reelection to his House seat. I'm guessing he's moving to D.C. to become a lobbyist. It doesn't matter how much he sells his house for. It's chump change compared to the amount of dough he'll make on K Street.

[valerief]

11. He's a Wall Street Representative, not a Wall Street Senator. nt