The secretive sale of an $8.7 million property on the southeast coast of Oahu has the DC rumor mill circulating. At the center of the rumors are two unlikely subjects: President Barack Obama and the home from '80s Tom Selleck TV series Magnum, P.I.
The oceanfront, 11,000-square-foot Spanish colonial estate was reportedly sold to Waimanalo Paradise, an LLC with contact information and mailing address that go back to Chicago Obama donor Seth Madorsky. Equally intriguing is the name on the deed and mortgage: Judy Grimanis. This is the same name as an executive assistant at a Chicago business run by longtime Obama friend and golf partner Mary Nesbitt and a person who worked for Obama fundraiser and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Needless to say, many believe that the POTUS and first family are the true buyers.
Dubbed the "Robin's Nest" in the show, the three-acre property in questions was, until the current sale, owned by the same family that built it in the 1930s. While breathtakingly beautiful on the show, the actual five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath home is rumored to be in need of some serious upkeep, and the mortgage, which is for nearly $1 million more than the sale price, implies that the buyer plans on making some major updates. With Michelle's propensity for interior design, we have no doubt she'll put the reno budget to good use!
So could the Obamas really be preparing for a move to the sunny shores of tropical Oahu when their time in the White House ends in 2016? Considering the president's Hawaiian roots (he was born in Honolulu), the first family's preference for Hawaiian retreats, and a history of postpresidential home purchases being shrouded in secrecy, the story seems plausible.
There's still plenty of time to see how this tropical sale shakes out — and for the president to grow a mustache and stock up on Hawaiian shirts.
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