Just got an SBA loan and I had to commit all my personal assets as collateral. I knew I should have just invented a windmill powered car that saved the snails and had a horn that cried every time a tree got chopped down in the world.
I could be looking at yacht brochures instead of Free Republic.
http://www.therichest.org/business/elon-musk-net-worth/
For those who'd like a little more insight, here's the Forbe's article on the new mansion:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/12/28/tesla-and-spacex-founder-musk-buys-17-million-bel-air-mansion/
Sounds like he got a pretty good deal, it was initially listed at $27 million. ;-)