1. As an investment to pass down 2. As a status symbol 3. If you have kids (and grand kids), you want a place to host them all at the same time (and this loca

1. As an investment to pass down 2. As a status symbol 3. If you have kids (and grand kids), you want a place to host them all at the same time (and this location happens to be popular with the kids...) They eventually came to the realization that they want a smaller place though...