On The Beach

Most Expensive Beachfront Homes - Forbes.com

A $40 million, 22,000-square-foot mansion on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest or Shaquille O’Neal’s house on Miami’s Star Island?Decisions, decisions.

“Every location has a very distinct personality,” says Steve DiFrancesco, a broker at Hunter, Reed & Co, a Philadelphia-based luxury real estate company with listings in Nantucket. “You can drive to the Hamptons [from Manhattan], Martha’s Vineyard is more wooded and Nantucket is low-key. High net worth people seek out what matches their personality.”

Then again, if you are a really successful trader you shouldn’t have to choose.

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