Have you seen that show Deal or No Deal? Of course you have. What do you think? If you were up there with Howie would you go for the big bucks or cash in for the sure thing? I am so not a risk taker. I would take the sure money every time. Hey, even if I walked out with $500, that’s more than I came in with!

But I guess to win big, you have to take risks. Think about all the people who are millionaires. They didn’t get that way by playing it safe. I’ve been thinking about millionaires lately. Last week I had the chance to tour a house that’s on the market for over $18 million. Can you imagine that kind of money? Can you imagine that house?

Let me take you on a little tour…
You enter through a gated drive. The gate only opens if your fingerprint is approved when you touch your finger to a pad.

When you enter, you’re surrounded by Carrera marble, hand-carved mahogany and a high-tech set up. Everything from the lights to the A/C to the windows operates at a touch of a button. There are 5 full kitchens, a butler’s pantry, a wine cellar, a silver room, an elevator, 3 saunas, a salon room (so your hairdresser can come to you), more bathrooms than I could count (8?), a gym, a walk-in closet the size of my last apartment, and a garage that does (and has) fit 9 Ferraris.

Oh, did I mention the natatorium? That’s the room that houses the salt water pool. Why salt water? One of the owners wanted to have sharks swimming in there while hosting parties. Did I mention that one of the owners had the dining room ceiling converted to the night sky? Guests could program in any date—their birthday, for example—and the stars in the sky would rearrange themselves to the order of the constellations on that night. There’s also a Tiffany glass dome in the living room.

Yeah, that’s a lot of cool things—though, really, who needs 5 kitchens? The sad part is that these people with so much money had so little taste. One owner had some particularly interesting proclivities. He turned a small room into a sex dungeon and had a stripper’s pole added to the home theater room. Oh, and let’s not forget the 12-person shower with a two-way mirror. Or, have you ever seen those mirrors that when you stand in front of them you can see your reflection like a thousand times? He had one of those.

In front of the toilet.

Yuck.

What a gorgeous house, but what a waste of money. Now if I had $18 million to build a house, I could really do something beautiful. Heck, for like $1000 I could build a closet that would actually fit all of my clothes! Who needs $18 million?

What about you? What’s in your dream house?