Looking at the eager faces of the naughty children, Sophie said angrily, "They're looking for you. Why are you giving them to me?"
Li Du said, "Aren't you going to make them popular? I'll create opportunities for you. Besides, I have other things to do. I'm so busy right now! "
This was not an exaggeration. After Lu Guan looked at the information of these manor houses, he summarized them and said, "Boss, these two houses are the most suitable, and one of them can be won through bidding. That way, the price may be very low."
Li Du looked at the information. The two manors were located in satellite towns, not in the city of Los Angeles.
In addition to representing the largest city in California, Los Angeles was also a large area, which referred to a large combined statistical area in southern California that spanned five counties and included many satellite towns.
One of the manors was in Santa Monica, a small town to the west of Los Angeles. However, the distance between the two was very close, only 30 kilometers. If one drove, they could reach the city of Los Angeles in 20 minutes.
In addition, Beverly Hills, which Li Du and Sophie went to yesterday, was also outside the city. It was located between Santa Monica and Los Angeles.
Li Du looked at the information of the manor. The manor was built 80 years ago and had a history of nearly a century. It covered an area of 20,000 square feet, which was equivalent to 30 acres!
Inside the manor were two villas, a small grape plantation, a small botanical garden, a small church, and some woods and meadows.
From the photos, the manor was well protected. The house was old, but there was no damage. Perhaps no one had lived in it for a long time. The lawn was very messy and overgrown with weeds. The small botanical garden had become a wild grass garden. There were probably many wild animals there.
There was no specific price in the information, only an auction announcement: This manor will be auctioned on July 20 of this year. If you are interested, please go to the Santa Monica Housing and Urban Development Bureau to register.
Li Du looked at the auction information and said, "This manor is going to be auctioned? It's like a warehouse auction, right? "
Lu Guan nodded. "Yes, it's an industry similar to warehouse auctions, called auction houses. The government and banks will launch some auctioned houses every once in a while. The people in the industry will bid for them, renovate them, and sell them for profit."
Li Du knew about this industry, which was closely related to storage auctions. Second-hand furniture and household appliances often appeared in storage auctions, and the real estate industry was one of the potential buyers.
Those who engaged in storage auctions were called treasure hunters, while those who engaged in real estate auctions were called house-pickers. As the name suggested, they made a living by selecting houses.
Compared to treasure hunters, house-pickers were generally richer. After all, houses were big items. Auctioning a storage unit might only cost a few hundred dollars, but auctioning a house would cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Therefore, to be a house-picker, one had to have sufficient funds. Once the house was in their hands, they might not be able to sell it quickly. Their funds might be held back. If they did not have sufficient liquidity, it would be very risky to be in this business.
Because they had more money, although they were doing second-hand goods trading, the house-pickers had a high opinion of themselves. They looked down on the treasure hunters and liked to mock them for picking up trash.
Li Du recalled the information he had about the house pickers and then looked at the other manor. This manor was also in Santa Monica. It was obvious that Lu Guan had high hopes for this place.
Lu Guan had good foresight. Santa Monica was a good choice for them. This small town was very close to the Los Angeles International Airport. Li Du had a lot of properties overseas and his main friends were also in other cities. He had to go to the airport often.
Besides, compared to Los Angeles, Santa Monica was also quite prosperous. Although it was prosperous, it was not as noisy as the main city. It had one of the most beautiful beaches in California. There was a pier on the beach that extended into the sea. It was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Transportation was convenient and it was a holy place for living.
The area of this manor was about 15,000 square meters and there was a small farm. It was older, about a century old. The house was damaged, but the lawn and trees were well trimmed. Obviously, there had been people living in it.
From the location, the second manor was slightly worse than the first one. The first manor faced the sea and was backed by the interstate. Both the scenery and transportation were excellent.
However, the price of the first manor was not out yet. The second manor was priced at 8.9 million dollars. After conversion, it was less than 600 dollars per square meter. It seemed cheap.
In fact, this was already very expensive. The real value of the manor was the housing, location, and environment. The house in this manor was at most 500 square meters, and it was damaged. After buying it, it would cost at least a million dollars to clean it up. All in all, it could cost tens of millions of dollars.
In the United States, this was a well-deserved luxury house. Even buying a villa in the city of Los Angeles would not cost so much. Li Du had seen it when he went to Beverly Hills yesterday. Many houses in Beverly Hills, which was famous throughout the United States, were only a few million dollars.
Of course, these were houses or villas, which were still different from manors.
The price of tens of millions of dollars was very high, but it was not unacceptable to Li Du.
He pondered for a moment and asked Sophie, "Which of these two houses do you think is better?"
Lu Guan thought he was the one being asked, so he perked up and said, "Boss, I suggest we go to the real estate auction. The first house is obviously better. Its main body is well preserved, much better than the second house. It looks messy only because no one has taken care of its lawn and woods."
"In addition, I have checked the starting price of this house at the auction. It is only two million dollars. I have studied the results of the Santa Monica real estate auction. The price has doubled, which means we have a high chance of winning it within 7.5 million dollars! "
Li Du nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, Lu Guan. You did a good job this time."
Lu Guan smiled. "Then I will go and sign up for the real estate auction?"
"Wait." Li Du looked at Sophie and said, "Which one do you think is better?"
After looking at the two manors, Sophie looked up and asked, "Are you sure you want to buy such a big house?"
Li Du shrugged and said, "I have a big business. I can't help it."
Sophie said, "Then the beach manor is better. Lu Guan has already listed the reasons."
Li Du said, "Okay, Lu Guan, go and sign up. Let's go back to our old business and go to the auction again!"
There were still more than ten days before the auction, so Li Du had time to deal with other things, such as the gold he had brought back.
It was not easy to deal with the Indian gold. He had to first prove that there was no problem with the gold, then sell it at a high price, and find suitable customers.
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