{"id":7316,"date":"2009-09-22T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T18:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2009-09-22T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T23:21:10","slug":"high-end-real-estate-seattle-vs-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/22\/high-end-real-estate-seattle-vs-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"High End Real Estate: Seattle vs. Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An example of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/3805-W-Parkmont-Pl-98199\/home\/126263\">$2.5 million property in Seattle<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/3805-W-Parkmont-Pl-98199\/home\/126263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/magnolia-2.5-mil.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"99\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px; border:1px solid #000000;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-bed, 4.5-bath 2-story in Magnolia<\/li>\n<li>4,440 sqft<\/li>\n<li>5,029 sqft lot<\/li>\n<li>2008 property tax bill: $18,286<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;sweeping sound and mountain views&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>An example of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/chi-wed-notebook-capone-retreat-sep09,0,3980852.story\">$2.5 million property in Wisconsin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/chi-wed-notebook-capone-retreat-sep09,0,3980852.story\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/wisconsin-2.5-mil.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px; border:1px solid #000000;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>2-story stone lodge <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;source=s_q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=12101+W+County+Road+Cc,+Couderay,+WI+(Capone+Hideout)&#038;sll=45.878362,-91.299286&#038;sspn=0.01095,0.01929&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;z=16&#038;iwloc=A\">in Couderay<\/a><\/li>\n<li>407 acres<\/li>\n<li>37-acre private lake<\/li>\n<li>2008 property tax bill: $14,948<\/li>\n<li>8-car garage<\/li>\n<li>guard tower<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;massive fireplace, a caretaker&#8217;s residence and other outbuildings&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh, and the second one happens to be formerly owned by one Al Capone.<\/p>\n<p>When I do finally decide to jump into the housing market, I think I&#8217;d be doing myself a disservice not to seriously consider other parts of the country where your housing dollars seem to go a <em>bit<\/em> further than they do in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 85%;\">Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculatedriskblog.com\/2009\/09\/need-hideout.html\">Calculated Risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 85%;\">P.S. &#8211; Yes, I realize the $2.5 million price tag on Capone&#8217;s hideout is the starting bid for a foreclosure auction which is not really directly comparable to the price of a MLS-listed home.  This post is meant to be light-hearted.  Note the &#8220;Humor&#8221; tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An example of a $2.5 million property in Seattle: 4-bed, 4.5-bath 2-story in Magnolia 4,440 sqft 5,029 sqft lot 2008 property tax bill: $18,286 &#8220;sweeping sound and mountain views&#8221; An example of a $2.5 million property in Wisconsin: 2-story stone lodge in Couderay 407 acres 37-acre private lake 2008 property tax bill: $14,948 8-car garage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[205],"tags":[5,1119,566,589,588],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","tag-anecdote","tag-humor","tag-listings","tag-magnolia","tag-wisconsin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>High End Real Estate: Seattle vs. Wisconsin \u2022 Seattle Bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/22\/high-end-real-estate-seattle-vs-wisconsin\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"High End Real Estate: Seattle vs. Wisconsin \u2022 Seattle Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"An example of a $2.5 million property in Seattle: 4-bed, 4.5-bath 2-story in Magnolia 4,440 sqft 5,029 sqft lot 2008 property tax bill: $18,286 &#8220;sweeping sound and mountain views&#8221; 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