Former President Donald Trump recently “sold” Mar A Lago, his beloved home in Florida, according to online property records via The Express. So he, Melania, and Barron could be moving out, possibly to New Jersey, or maybe stay put.
It seems that the ownership did not, in fact, leave the Trump family’s hands. It has been noted that the documents state the property is owned by an organization, and the owner of that organization is Donald Trump Jr.
A copy of Donald Trump’s booking sheet was made public by Fulton County Sheriff’s office. The ex-president listed his address as 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480. But, one property listing website reports the property was sold earlier this month for $422,000,000.
Zillow, which claims to receive “information from the municipal office responsible for recording real estate transactions in your area”, reports the property was sold on August 4, 2023.
The site claims: “The information we provide is public information gathered from county records. Our parcel information, which outlines the lot on which a house sits, comes from various public sources, such as the county.”
A quick search of the website SunBiz, however, that the current owner of Mar A Lago is a company called Mar A Lago, Inc. The owner of the company, and its registered agent, is Donald Trump Jr., the ex-president’s oldest son.
While Junior has appeared as an agent of record for the corporation for quite a number of years, it’s the appearance of the date of property transfer on Zillow – on August 4, just days before his arrest – that is raising eyebrows.
Assuming Zillow’s records are accurate this suggests that Trump merely transferred the asset into a corporation owned by his son. Donald Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985 for $2 million and used the property as a residence until 1994 when he converted it into the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club.
