The 23-Year-Old Squatter Who Moved Into Palatial $2.5MILLION Waterfront Mansion

Happier times: This is how the waterfront home looked back when it was still occupied by its rightful owners

Meet The 23-Year-Old Squatter Who Moved Into Palatial $2.5MILLION Waterfront Mansion - But There's Nothing Neighbors Or Police Can Do Aabout It -- Daily Mail

Andre Barbosa can safely say that he has one of the nicest homes on the block in Boca Raton, Florida. But the 23-year-old Brazilian national does not own or even rent the palatial $2.5million estate legally - he is a squatter.

Barbosa, originally from the neighboring Pompano Beach, moved into 580 Golden Harbour Drive in July Now he is threatening to use an obscure real estate law that allows people to claim a property as their own if they stay there for seven years.

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My Comment: A Brazilian national .... is this the Daily Mail's way of saying 'illegal immigrant'? As to the home itself .... it is a nice home .... nice to move in and now claim that it is yours while those who pay their mortgage every month must grin and bear it.

America's Biggest (And Gaudiest) Family Home For Sale

Under construction: The Siegel's 30-bedroom mansion in Windermere near Orlando, Florida, is modelled after France's Palace of Versailles

At Home With The King And Queen Of Versailles: America's Biggest (And Gaudiest) Family Home Which Still Costs $65Million Even Though It Isn't Finished -- Daily Mail

* Owners David Siegel, 77, and his former beauty queen wife Jackie, 46, are the subjects of new documentary film Queen Of Versailles
* Movie was to chronicle the building of the largest family home in the U.S.
* It instead showed how the economic downturn forced them to stop building their dream home, a Las Vegas-style version of French palace Versailles


Times are tough in the property market with prices tumbling everywhere - and the biggest house in America is no exception.

The 30-bedroom mansion in Windermere near Orlando, Florida, which is modelled after France's Palace of Versailles, has had its price slashed by $10million to $65million.

You might think for that money, you would be ready to move in at a moment's notice.

But the gaudy mansion is only two-thirds finished and there is an estimated $30million (£17million) of work still to do.

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My Comment: Gaudy is too polite a term to describe this train wreck. Here is an easy prediction .... they are not going to get their asking price.

Hulk Hogan Sells Gulf Coast Mansion For $6m (After Asking For $25m Five Years Ago)

Sold! Hulk Hogan's massive mansion was sold to an unnamed buyer for a paltry $6.2million, millions less than the original asking price

A Real Estate Beat Down? Hulk Hogan Sells Gulf Coast Mansion For $6m (After Asking For $25m Five Years Ago) -- Daily Mail

Wrestler Hulk Hogan has finally sold his infamous 17,000-square-foot Gulf front estate for $6.2million, down more than $18million from his original asking price.

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, bought the land with his then-wife Linda in 1992 for $2million and built the house in 1996.

He put it on the market soon after Linda filed for divorce from him and a slew of costly lawsuits drained money from the wrestler.

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My Comment: The house probably reminds him of his ex-wife .... hence the quick sale.

O.J. Simpson About To Lose His Mansion

Foreclosure: Simpson, who is serving time for kidnapping and armed robbery, bought the four-bedroom, four-bath house in 2000 for $575,000. Its current assessed value is $478,401

O.J. Simpson 'Furious With Daughter For Squandering His $25,000-A-Month NFL Pension And Letting His Mansion Fall To Foreclosure As He Sits In Jail' -- Daily Mail

O.J. Simpson's financial and legal woes never seem to go away - even from behind bars.

This time, it has been revealed he is on the verge of losing his South Florida mansion because his oldest daughter Arnelle has not paid the mortgage for two years.

According to the National Enquirer, Simpson is furious with her and is blaming her for squandering his $25,000-a-month NFL pension.

The mortgage on his four-bedroom, Kendall home is $3,133-per-month.

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My Comment: He must be pissed .... but I suspect that others are overjoyed.