• 18 Feb 2009 at 9:31 AM

You Say Housing Crisis, I Say Male Stripper Named Tiger

By Bess Levin

She’s been called a “crazy bitch” by a gay pimp named Billy Ash but we say, good for you, Filomena Tobias! Own it, work it. The widow of Seth Tobias, the Circle T founder who drowned in his pool, either by accident or after being drugged by his wife, whichever, has put the couple’s Jupiter, FL home on the market. For the scandal tainted spread, Fil is hoping to score $7.8 million, after buying the place in 2006 for $4.1 million.

Comments (17)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:38 AM

    If that crazy bitch sells the house for 90% more than they paid for it in this market, then maybe the economy isn’t so bad after all…

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    Is Tobias a nevernude too?

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    Mark Haynes is a buyer…

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:42 AM

    @3- would it kill you to get his name right? H-A-I-N-E-S

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    wtf is a nevernude?

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    @5- it’s an arrested development reference.

  7. 7
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | February 18, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    5,
    And it goes a little something like this: http://www.courttv.com/graphics/onair/shows/hollywood_heat/new/photos/AD_nevernude167.jpg

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    $7.8 million, eh? Hoping to pay off some other debts with the profits? Good luck, fool.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Is “gay pimp” a synonym for “investment banker”?

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    @9 I think the word you are looking for is euphemism…and yes

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    Break out the Lysol.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    Only conforming loan? no jumbos? And only the ones written through Fannie and Freddie? So that woman that said he was “going to save my house” was right?
    Judges allowed to change the terms of mortgages?

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    @2, well played

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    @12 – why shouldn’t judges be allowed to modify mortgages in BK? It’s the only asset class which they can’t touch, and others (such as credit cards) are also securitized products. The “it will throw the industry into disarray” argument is meaningless.
    A bond buyer is in no worse position with a loan modified by a court than they would be in a default and foreclosure situation.

  15. 15
    Posted by Anal_yst | February 18, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    I’d actually like to meet the person/people who (presumably) drop $7mm+ to live in the house/pool/property where some dude got killed by his wife. Even if you knock the whole thing down, till the heck outa the soil, bring in new stuff ($1-2mil right there, at least, I’d imagine) and rebuild (another $5-$10mil), you’re still living on a graveyard.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    @ 14. The bank has collateral in the case of the mortgage, which is why the rates are lower than credit cards, and the terms less onerous. The bank has right to repossess, and that is EXACTLY what they should do.

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    @15
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQkBLrd1rE
    Do we never learn??

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