Both have large, open living spaces on the second floors, with kitchens, dining areas and living rooms and two bedrooms each on the third floors.

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Totaling 30 rooms including eight bedrooms, 10 baths, two libraries, and formal and informal dining rooms, it was the most expensive co-op price ever paid in the U.S. at the time.

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The 15, 000-square-foot home located in the Alvarado Estates community above Mission Valley has nine bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, two dining rooms and multiple balconies.

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The presidential suite in Costa Smeralda's Hotel Cala di Volpe, includes a a pristine private swimming pool, wine cellar, fitness space, steam room, solarium, two living rooms, three bedrooms, three Jacuzzi-fitted bathrooms and, of course, multiple balconies.

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