Buy the White House (replica)

If you have political aspirations and want to take a short cut to the White House, here's one way to do it. No, we're not talking about smoke-filled rooms, bribes and dirty campaign tricks. Just buy it! At least you can buy the White House replica that's just gone back on the market in McLean, VA. Pony up $4 million and this six bedroom, nine bathroom home can be yours.
You can sleep in the replica Lincoln Bedroom of this 12,000 square foot home, gaze at your neighbors from your very own Truman Balcony, and rule your kingdom from the look-alike Oval Office - except you'll be sitting at a piano and not a desk in this case.
The home, at 1111 Towlston Road in a tony suburb of Washington, D.C. in northern Virginia, is owned by a Vietnamese immigrant who wanted it to be a tribute  to his adopted homeland. Listed by Fairfax Realty, the MLS says the home has 22 skylights, a sauna, home theater, gym, wet bar, and a party room big enough to enterain 100 guests or political action committee donors. The asking price is just $3,999,500, peanuts really. Candidate Romney raised about that much during the month of October last year. And the price is down by $650,500 from what it was originally listed at in April, 2011. But don't run the comps. A similar replica White House in nearby Haymarket, VA sold recently for just $865,000. Imagine if you tried to buy the White House and it didn't appraise!

If you're looking for a place to rule your kingdom, see what's for sale in Rockland County and the Hudson Valley. Or see what your house may be worth at www.wesellny.com.