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Only time will tell if the latest discount helps to move the needle on the 24-bathroom home with a private theater, spa, gym, and full sports complex on about 5 acres.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

When constructed, the facility will be more than twice the size of Manhattan and bigger even than Bryce Canyon’s 35,000 acres.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Desolation Wilderness in Eldorado National Forest is a short drive from South Lake Tahoe and covers “63,960 acres of subalpine and alpine forest, granitic peaks, and glacially-formed valleys and lakes,” according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

After buying up 937,000 acres in New Mexico last year, or 1.2% of America’s fifth-largest state, he brought his holdings to 2.7 million acres across the country—the equivalent of about two million football fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It was the place Dicey wanted, the big house, the acres of farmland, the barn, the water and the boat.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt