Olunye uhlangothi lukaBob Hope: umtyalo-mali we-savvy
Bob Hope's Land Purchases
UBob waqala ukuthenga i-California impahla yangaphambili kwimisebenzi yakhe, egxile ekuthengeni umhlaba. Wayebizwa nangokuthi "uMnu Real Estate," kuba wayenomhlaba onje. Iifom kwi-oli ityala lokutyalomali olwenziwe kakuhle lenze ukuba kube lula ukongeza amanye amaphecana omhlaba kwiphothifoliyo yakhe. Umhlobo wakhe, uBing Crosby, utyalo-mali oluthile oluthile lokuthenga i-California real estate, naye. Abantu abahlakaniphile - sonke siyazi ukuba zeziphi iimpahla zithengisa namhlanje!
Enye yezinto ezithengileyo ezithengileyo zithengisekile, "indawo yendawo" ikhaya elakhiwe ePalm Springs ngexesha lama-1970. Nangona ukuphumelela okungavamile kwakhiwo, indlu (exabiswa malunga needola ezingama-23 yezigidigidi) kuye kwaba nzima ukuyithengisa-kwintsimi. Eyilwe ngumqambi uJohn Lautner, indlu yakhiwa ngekhonkrithi, insimbi kunye neglasi. Ngokutsho kweNew York Times , "yayakhiwe ukuba ifane ne-volcano, eneentonga ezintathu ezifana neenkontile kunye nophahla olungakonakali lwekharityhulam, umgodi kwindawo yayo evula intendelezo eya esibhakabhakeni."
Ubungakanani umhlaba wakwaBob Hope?
Kukho amabali amaninzi ahlukeneyo malunga nexabiso leengxowa-mali zeThemba-kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, ixabiso lazo lihluka kule minyaka. Ngokomxholo we-2003 kwi- Forbes Magazine:
Ngoko ke uninzi kangakanani uLeslie Townes Ithemba linelungelo? Ubuninzi beengqikelelo ezikhankanywe ngeenxa zonke zisekelwe kwiphephancwadi lexesha le-Time ukusuka ngo-1967 othi umculi ophethe "iihektare ezili-8,000 ePalm Springs, iihektare ezingama-4 000 ukuya kuma-5,000 kufuphi nePhoenix, ngaphezulu kwamahektare angama-7,500 eMalibu," kunye nokunye. Ithemba lacingelwa ukuba linemihlaba eyaneleyo yokwenza iinqununu malunga nama-50 ubukhulu beMonaco, kunye nemozulu.
Ibali leForbes liqhubeka lichaza inkqubo eyenziwa yilo phephancwadi i-Hope yama-holdings:
Ngomnyaka wee-1980 uMnu. Hope, emva kweminyaka engama-80 ubudala, wayesele ehlawulela indawo yakhe kwaye ahlawule ipropati yakhe ngendlela ehlelekile. I-Forbes ekugqibeleni iqikelelwa ukuba iindawo zakhe zokuhlala ezithembekileyo zifanele ukuba zifanele i $ 85 yezigidi.
Yintoni eyenzekayo kwilizwe likaBob Hope?
Ithemba lathengi umhlaba omkhulu ngexesha lama-1960 kunye neye-1970 kodwa akazange abambelele kwininzi yayo ixesha elide. Wanikela amaphecana omhlaba kumaqela okuhlala, kodwa ininzi umhlaba eyayilahlwe yathengiswa. Wayengumnikazi onobudlova olungele ukulwa namalungelo akhe kunye nexabiso lepropati xa uluntu lwasekuhlaleni luzama ukufumana inxalenye yelizwe lakhe ngokusebenzisa iinkqubo zokugweba.
UBob noDolores Ithemba lathengile iToluca Lake, eCalifornia, ikhaya ngo-1940. Xa uDolores efa eneminyaka eyi-102, indlu yahamba emakethe.