https://fortune.com/2025/01/13/la-fires-real-estate-investor-robert-rivani-malibu-mansion-insurance-payout/

Rivani said no insurance company would cover the Malibu mansion for its full value, forcing him to turn to California’s insurer of last resort. But the state’s FAIR Plan coverage for residential policyholders maxes out at just $3 million.

In addition, he told the Journal that he expects to make mortgage and property tax payments that together will exceed $100,000 per month—despite the fact that the house is gone. (Homeowners affected by the fires can qualify for temporary relief on mortgage payments and property taxes.)

  • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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    6 days ago

    They have a mansion on what seems to be a rapidly shrinking, thin strip of land between the ocean and the highway. And a fire got it lol. Great foresight here

    • HelluvaBottomCarter [comrade/them]
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      6 days ago

      I can't believe someone got to sell it for $27M with that location. Your front yard is a 4-lane road. Not even a good boulevard with trees, just yellow stripes in the middle. Your back yard is 20ft of rocky beach during low tide. Fucking abysmal location.

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        6 days ago

        legit, the location is fucked. the views are all that place has going for it, and while west coast sunsets can be a 10/10 experience... 30 years of them aren't worth $27M. get some custom made 8k display on a wall and get an actual place in a real community and save $20M. somewhere walking out your front door doesn't mean getting pancaked by some coked out IP lawyer powersliding down the highway in his hand polished robin's egg blue aston martin at 8am.

    • Parzivus [any]
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      6 days ago

      It's like one big storm away from just falling into the sea and he still got someone to insure it

      • invo_rt [he/him]
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        6 days ago

        The funny thing is that he didn't. No private company would insure it so he had to rely on the state as the insurer of last resort.