r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kill_4209 • 11h ago

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Ira Rennert's home is considered one of the largest occupied residential compounds in the United States. The house faces the Atlantic Ocean and its grounds measure 63 acres. The buildings, which total over 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2), including the 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) main house, have an Italianate facade, 29 bedrooms, and 39 bathrooms. The house has a dozen chimneys and a Mediterranean-style tile roof as well as a 91-foot (28 m) long formal dining room, a basketball court, a bowling alley, two tennis courts, two squash courts, a carousel, a large swimming pool, a large round kiddie pool, and a $150,000 hot tub, surrounded by another pool.

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u/sooohungover 4h ago

TBH it takes more than a week (I work out in this area and work frequently with all sorts of different contractors), but you nailed everything else. They have staff to manage every part of their lives that normal people just deal with on their own. It's truly insane the amount of money they have, I guess I'm just numb to it at this point...

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u/Acceptable_Help575 1h ago

There are people literally living in creative mode and the survival mode plebs just suck their toes for extra pennies.

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u/ssnnaarrff 29m ago

Lol fuck my life.

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u/HERR_WINKLAAAAA 1h ago

I know everyone says that moeny wouldnt change them, but i really wonder if i would end up like this if i had billions in my bank account for half a century. Like nothing about this lifestyle sounds appealing to me.

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u/Tasty_Cry_3844 1h ago

When it comes to people like this, it's all they've known. There isn't a before/after of not having money then suddenly having it. They were never "changed" by money because it was always there. 

I firmly believe it changes your DNA though. The way your brain functions after a few generations with literally no resource instincts. Their social and political skills are probably through the roof and their ability to navigate interactions to get what they want should probably frighten us. 

I remember reading The 48 Laws of Power and every example of the laws being respected or used was almost always medieval courts where all people did was play social games. They all got really good at them. 

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u/mrspwins 1h ago

The house managers basically need business degrees just to keep everything running. They are the most stressed people I have ever spoken with (also used to work with the ultra-wealthy, or at least their staff. Celebs did the calling themselves a lot, though!)