He began collecting expensive stuff--antique furniture, Swiss watches, a Porsche, a Mercedes, a second home in Florida.
But, like most actor-actress couples, a second home in a far more secluded locale is always appealing.
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On Tuesday, Shanghai's housing bureau effectively abandoned its plan to let long-term residents purchase a second home.
Fulham's profligacy eventually came back to haunt them as they suffered only a second home league defeat.
His name is still magical in Russia, which became a second home to which he returned often.
Of course, the simplest way to own a second home is to keep it strictly for personal use.
Moreover, in Beijing, it is now against housing regulations to buy a second home in the same city.
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More so, perhaps, than is strictly good for them, the club is a second home for its members.
Enter Blackwell, who has a second home in Jamaica and had heard about Wynter through a business associate there.
Different lenders base your ability to afford a second home on different calculations.
She complained about the damp and the smell of mildew and the dozens of tasks associated with a second home.
Bill Gates is known to have a second home at the Yellowstone Club, a private skiing and golf development in Montana.
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If you intend to borrow for a second home, you will have to settle for another mortgage that is not tax-deductible.
Breyer suffered a spill on his two-wheeler in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Breyer has a second home, over Memorial Day weekend in 2011.
"When something falls to pieces you can't live in a second home on the floor with no bed or carpet, " she declared.
But the court said the animals should have a second home to stop them being eliminated by an epidemic or a fire.
Truly, in Los Angeles, a car is a second home so making it as personalized as possible is a smart offering.
He adds that although his parents have owned a second home in nearby Three Mile Harbour for decades, 'They've never done this before.
But there has been no promise yet to scrap more stringent requirements, introduced in September last year, for borrowing for a second home.
"People retiring in Canada and Europe often look for a second home, " says Gabriel Alvarez, the Cuban official charged with developing the new sector.
Beach communities like Malibu remain the goal for many second-home renters and buyers, but some are going for a second home within city limits.
Councillors have voted in favour of Cornwall homeowners being forced to ask permission to use their property as a second home or holiday let.
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An idea that has the backing of Mr Cameron is to ban ministers with grace-and-favour residences from claiming any allowance for a second home.
Under parliamentary rules Mr McNulty can claim an allowance for a second home in his constituency even though it is only 11 miles from Westminster.
What if a client wants to buy a second home or an annuity and would have to liquidate much of the portfolio to do so?
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Having your entire pension in a second home is extremely risky.
Then, over Memorial Day weekend in 2011, Breyer broke his right collarbone after falling off his two-wheeler in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a second home.
"The MGM Grand is like a second home to me and I'm going to make my fifth appearance here my most spectacular and memorable, " he said.
They are struggling to get on the housing ladder, though close to a fifth of people between 50 and 59 years old own a second home.
This seems foolish, as most of the people who can afford to buy a second home will have an adjusted gross income far above these numbers.
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