Senator (John Edwards) contracts to buy $3.8 million mansion

Durham Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) ^ | September 27, 2002 | The Associated Press

[Rebelbase]

Can you post the beach house photo?

Here is the public record from the New Hanover County Tax card on John and Elizabeth Edwards Figure Eight Island Beach house.

2778 Square Feet, 4 Beds, 4 1/2 baths.

Tax value from 1999 at over $1 million.

http://www.nhcgov.com/Oasinq/Oasdata.jsp?sel=R05207-002-009-000 (takes a minute to load)

Just a regular guy.

[Howlin]

[Howlin]

Mo has the pictures of this house in D.C.

[Howlin]

And here is the Raleigh house:

http://aws1.co.wake.nc.us/realestate/Account.asp?id=0024814&stype=owner&owner=Edwards%2C+John&spg=1

[StarFan]

Darn it. I never thought of buying a $3.8 million house when my kid was young so she could play freely in a back yard.

LOL, guess it's all in the priorities one sets. Kids take a back burner to a well equipped kitchen before I consider coughing up $3.8 million.

[StarFan]

What I find terribly upsetting is believing some of the posts from Carolinians saying the guy doesn't stand a chance in the South, yet his poll numbers tell us otherwise. What gives and does this 'man of the poor' stand a chance?

[Taxman]

Thanks for the ping.

The more of Edward's life we can expose, the more harm we can do him in his quest for the Presidency.

While we are at it, let us trash all the DemoncRATS! Maybe someone would be interested in starting a "Trash Your Favorite Democrat Today" thread?

[TaxRelief]

Y'all continue to underestimate the guy. He leaves me shaking in my boots.
There's more to the house story.

FoxNews, 10/31/2003

John Edwards Tried to Sell Home to Saudi Agent while on Intell Committee

WASHINGTON - While a member of Congress' investigation into U.S. and Saudi intelligence failures, presidential hopeful John Edwards agreed to sell his home for $3.52 million to the public relations expert hired by Saudi Arabia to counter charges it was soft on terrorism.

Edwards, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee (search ), said Friday he learned sometime during the course of the 2002 transaction -- months after the initial offer was signed but before the deal fell apart -- that Michael Petruzzello (search) worked for Saudi Arabia.

Though the sale broke off nearly a year ago, Edwards hasn't returned or publicly disclosed Petruzzello's $100,000 deposit, which remains in a real estate escrow account as the senator decides what to do with it. Edwards recently sold the house to another buyer for a half-million dollars less than Petruzzello's offer.

"If I took control of the $100,000, I would disclose it because that would be an asset of mine and it would be necessary that it should be disclosed. And that disclosure would include making sure that it was appropriate because of the legal issues associated it with it," Edwards told The Associated Press.

The Senate ethics manual says lawmakers are obligated to avoid financial transactions that create even the "possibility or appearance" of a conflict of interest or if "they have personal financial stakes in the outcome of their official duties." Discretion is left to the senator.

Edwards said he handled the transaction through real estate agents and doesn't believe he had any obligation to try to learn about Petruzzello's clients. He said he never had any suspicions, even after learning of the Saudi connection while he and other Intelligence Committee members were still investigating Saudi Arabia's possible complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks.

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[TaxRelief]

Can you find the info on his yacht? I wonder if he is paying his personal property taxes. Yachts have tax bills annually in NC.

[Rebelbase]

Thanks for posting that. The "75% increase" in value from when Edwards bought the house 2 years ago makes sense now.

[Rebelbase]

I think the yacht would be taxed in the County where he has it listed. Don't know how to find that info. online.

Any Freepers in New Hanover and Wake Counties, I think you can get that info in your county's tax dept.

[Mo1]

Yep ... Just a regular guy like us

http://www.washingtonlife.com/issues/2003-11/realestate/

North Carolina Senator John B. Edwards' former home at 2215 30th Street, N.W. in Massachusetts Avenue Heights has been sold to the Hungarian government for $3 million. The seven bedroom manse with eight full and two half baths will serve as the new official residence of Ambassador Andras Simonyi, who is expected to move in next month after remodeling and repainting. Neighbors may be interested to note that the ambassador plays the electric guitar and, in addition to his native tongue, speaks English, Danish, German, Dutch and French. He and his wife, Náda Peják, have two grown children.

[Mo1]

HELLO ?????

[Rebelbase]

Just regular guy houses.

Howlin, does he own another house in Raleigh? If so, how about getting a photo of that also so we can add to the regular guy collection?

[cajun-jack]

3.8 mil??? hell, in north carolina he can buy a whole mountain with a couple of really nice lakes....his kids could run wild, grow dope and learn to make moonshine...

nothing like a wholesome upbringing!!

[Howlin]

Another one for your collection:

[Howlin]

I've never seen a yacht at that house. We got buy it all the time going out that inlet; there's no yacht there.

[Howlin]

Er...."by" it.

[Rebelbase]

Regular guy John Edwards 3 homes:

Average houses of regular guy voters, who are fortunate if they have a summer timeshare in addition to their primary residence:

[Howlin]

He should be ashamed.

IF he ever comes back to NC, we must haunt him with those pictures.