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Feb 22, 2021 4 min

AMERICA'S FIRST MILLIONAIRE

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AMERICA'S FIRST MILLIONAIRE It's a little known fact that America's first millionaire was a real estate investor. A German immigrant and the son of a butcher, he was named John Jacob Astor in the early eighteen-hundreds Astor got rich trading in FURS, TEA, AND Fine China but that was not WHERE his Fortune was made. Eventually he invested his trading profits and something that would prove to be even better: Real Estate... His most profitable Investments were in New York City and before long The Man known as Manhattan's landlord was widely acknowledged as the wealthiest person of his time. He had not only become America's first millionaire, he was now its first multi-millionaire. shortly before his death as two reportedly said, could I begin life again knowing what I know now and had the money to invest I would buy every foot of land on the island of Manhattan after passed away in 1848 leaving over 20 million to his heirs #BUY --- https://www.dna-realty.com/buy/ #SELL --- https://www.dna-realty.com/sell/ #dnarealtygroup #massachusetts #massachusettsrealestate #marealestate #nhrealestate #newhampshire #newhampshirerealestate #buy #sell #invest #home #REALESTATE https://www.dna-realty.com/ QUADRUPLE GOLD PRODUCER DNA REALTY GROUP 617-340-9135 [email protected] https://www.dna-realty.comOver $118,100,033.00 in REAL ESTATE SOLD

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