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Homeowner sues realtor for $6,000,000 after discovering identity of famous mystery buyer

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Published 15:52 12 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Homeowner sues realtor for $6,000,000 after discovering identity of famous mystery buyer

When you find out who the buyer is, you'll understand why he was so frustrated

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

When you're selling your mansion for millions, you want to get the most bang for your buck... but this one seller is certainly not happy after discovering who their mystery buyer was.

Admittedly, this isn’t a problem most people end up having. I mean, when I sold my mansion it went without a hitch, and I got all the millions I wanted for it.

Okay, all of that wasn’t true, but it's fun to dream, right?

But in reality, there is a man in Miami who sold his mansion for $79 million and was furious after discovering who ended up buying his property.

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The owner - electronics tycoon Leo Kryss - was so frustrated, in fact, he decided file a lawsuit against the realtor for persuading him to drop from his initial selling price of $85 million for his Indian Creek island mansion.

Leo Kryss, pictured with his family, was annoyed after being told $79 million was the final offer on his Indian Creek island mansion (Syracuse University)
Leo Kryss, pictured with his family, was annoyed after being told $79 million was the final offer on his Indian Creek island mansion (Syracuse University)

Kryss has alleged that the real-estate company intentionally withheld the buyer’s identity and told him that $79 million was the final offer.

Kryss is still sitting on quite a tidy profit, buying the seven-bedroom home for $28 million back in 2014.

So what is he complaining about, you might ask? Well, his buyer was none other than the second richest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos.

So yeah, seemingly no reason why he couldn’t have coughed up enough dough for the asking price, since he is worth more than $200 billion.

But I guess you don’t stay one of the richest people around if you are afraid to haggle over a few millions dollars.

According to a report by the Mail Online, the lawsuit said: “It was highly material to his negotiations and his decision on the ultimate sales price to know whether Bezos was attempting to anonymously acquire the home in order to assemble it with the adjoining property.”

Bezos managed to save some money on the buy... lucky for him (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Bezos managed to save some money on the buy... lucky for him (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

While Kryss is aware he has still made a solid profit, he initially believed his home’s wine cellar, library, theater and pool would help secure its $85 million asking price when it was listed in May last year.

The home is in a pretty elite neighborhood so you can understand why people are willing to pay such high costs for it in the first place.

The private island, is aptly dubbed the ‘billionaire bunker’ and is well host to some of the richest people around among its 41 addresses.

The island even has a private police force that patrols the community around the clock by foot, sky and land.

Featured Image Credit: Syracuse University / Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Topics: Money, US News, Property, Jeff Bezos

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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