Grumpa thinks himself a "Prince of Wall Street"

Grumpa sold junk bonds like in the movie 'Boiler Room' and started making money very quickly. They moved into a 'mansion' before his firm, Drexel Burnham Lambert, was forced to close for their activities in the junk bond market. Grumpa was personally fined by the SEC for his criminal involvement as well.  

"The house is a small mansion. It’s set on 7 acres of land, and it’s surrounded by a 100 acre nature preserve. It has a guest house, a pool house, a play house, and a shed."

Here is an excerpt from Aunt Brie's blog from April 28, 2013:

An Epic Story Left Untold

April 28, 2013

"My parents live in a house that was built in 1781."

"When they bought it, my dad was a prince of Wall Street. I don’t know much about those days, because my parents never talk about money.

The house is a small mansion. It’s set on 7 acres of land, and it’s surrounded by a 100 acre nature preserve. It has a guest house, a pool house, a play house, and a shed. When we first moved in, my parents only had enough furniture to fill two of the rooms. For a while, I lived in a bedroom with only a mattress and an old dresser."

"We were born in apartments. My parent’s first houses had been small. They had grown rich fast. My father, in the new house, slept with a hammer under the pillow. He figured if an intruder came in, he’d at least have one shot to knock him out. He slept with his feet uncovered, because he didn’t like feeling trapped under the comforter."

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