{"id":30823,"date":"2026-10-07T22:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/?p=30823"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:57:43","slug":"elon-musks-real-estate-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/articles\/elon-musks-real-estate-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Real Estate Portfolio (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s real estate portfolio is one of the stranger wealth stories in modern business: a man whose net worth is tied to Tesla and SpaceX stock once owned a cluster of Bel-Air mansions worth tens of millions of dollars, then sold nearly all of it to live in a rented house near a rocket launch pad. Sorting out what Musk owns personally, what his companies control, and what he has denied requires working through years of conflicting reports. Platforms built for ordinary investors, like Ark7&#8217;s rental-home share model, operate on the opposite principle: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/share-investments\">broad, fractional, diversified ownership<\/a> rather than one person&#8217;s concentrated bet on a handful of trophy properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sections below walk through the full, documented history of Elon Musk&#8217;s real estate portfolio: the Bel-Air and Hillsborough mansions he bought and sold, the Boca Chica house he still rents, the Boxabl guest unit, the Texas land tied to his companies, and the reports that he is now living in an Airstream trailer in Tennessee. Every figure below is attributed to its source, because reported numbers on this subject frequently conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Musk sold nearly all of his personal homes between 2020 and 2021, but reports place him back in Texas real estate through company-linked LLCs by 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His seven California properties were purchased between December 2012 and January 2019 for a combined $102 million and sold for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/elon-musk-has-sold-seven-homes-for-nearly-130-million-after-vowing-to-own-no-house-11646927878\">roughly $127.9 million<\/a> between June 2020 and November 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Musk previously identified a small, SpaceX-owned rental in Boca Chica, Texas, as his primary residence, though in September 2026 he said he was temporarily living in an Airstream trailer in Memphis while overseeing xAI&#8217;s data-center buildout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fractional real estate platforms built for retail investors, such as Ark7, offer a structurally different model: shared ownership in <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/articles\/the-importance-of-diversifying-your-real-estate-investment-strategy\">income-producing rental homes<\/a> rather than one person holding entire mansions outright.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bg-blue-grey-1 padding-32px border-radius-12px margin-20px-t margin-20px-b\">\t \n  <div class=\"bg-white text-center padding-20px-v border-radius-8px\">\t \n    <h3 class=\"margin-auto display-block\">New to passive real estate investing?<\/h3>\t \n    <a class=\"margin-auto a7-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/?tc=K8L9N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore Ark7 Opportunities<\/a>\t \n  <\/div>\t \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ark7-property-list padding-20px-v margin-20px-t margin-20px-b\" data-tags=\"SEOWidgetFeatured\" data-tc=\"K8L9N\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Philosophy Behind Musk&#8217;s Move Toward Minimal, Rented Housing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk&#8217;s public statements about housing have centered on a specific idea: owning fewer, cheaper properties rather than leveraged mansions. In May 2020 he tweeted that he was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">selling almost all physical possessions.<\/a> Will own no house,&#8221; a pledge that preceded the sale of his entire California portfolio over the following eighteen months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, his stated housing situation has leaned toward the minimal end of the spectrum rather than financed luxury:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boca Chica house:<\/strong> a rented, roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/06\/12\/where-does-musk-live-spacex-stock-ipo-net-worth-trillionaire-homes-texas\/\">$50,000 home<\/a> owned by SpaceX, not Musk personally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boxabl guest unit:<\/strong> a prefabricated structure he has said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-living-in-trailer-overseeing-xai-data-center-plans-2026-9\">does not live in<\/a> and uses as a guest house.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Airstream trailer:<\/strong> a reported temporary residence in Memphis while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-living-in-trailer-overseeing-xai-data-center-plans-2026-9\">overseeing xAI&#8217;s data-center buildout<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk&#8217;s pattern of cheap personal housing paired with enormous company-controlled land has been the throughline of his real estate portfolio since 2020. It is a personal philosophy, not a financing strategy available to most investors; it says little about how ordinary people can <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/learn\/in-depth\/real-estate-investing\/online-real-estate-investing-platforms-multi-family-properties\">build real estate exposure<\/a> without buying (or renting) an entire property themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Timeline of Elon Musk&#8217;s Major Real Estate Transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Public filings and news reporting document a fairly clear buy-and-sell pattern across Musk&#8217;s California years, followed by a murkier, company-mediated pattern in Texas. The table below lists the transactions with the clearest sourcing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Property<\/th><th>Transaction<\/th><th>Reported Price<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>Bel-Air mansion, 20,248 sq ft<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">$17 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>Bel-Air home<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">$6.75 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>Bel-Air home, six bedrooms<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-real-estate-portfolio-over-the-years-2024-9\">$20 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>Hillsborough estate, 16,000 sq ft<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/richest-men-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-home\/\">$23,364,000<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020 (June)<\/td><td>Bel-Air mansion, 20,248 sq ft<\/td><td>Sold<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">$29 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020 (Oct)<\/td><td>Bel-Air home<\/td><td>Sold<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">$7 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020 (Dec)<\/td><td>Four Bel-Air homes<\/td><td>Sold, combined<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">$62.5 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>Hillsborough estate<\/td><td>Sold<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/richest-men-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-home\/\">$30 million<\/a> (one report cites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/where-does-elon-musk-live\">$40.8 million<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>Austin-area mansion, West Lake Hills<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/elon-musk-home-gene-wilder-foreclosure-sale\/\">$6 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025 (Jan)<\/td><td>Former Gene Wilder property<\/td><td>Repurchased via trust<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/where-does-elon-musk-live\">$7.6 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2026 (reported)<\/td><td>Adjacent Austin-area properties<\/td><td>Purchased<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/06\/12\/where-does-musk-live-spacex-stock-ipo-net-worth-trillionaire-homes-texas\/\">about $35 million<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The asking prices on those same seven homes, before they sold, had totaled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/where-does-elon-musk-live\">more than $100 million<\/a>, a reminder that list prices and sale prices are not the same figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Does Elon Musk Live Now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk&#8217;s stated primary residence is a small, SpaceX-owned rental in Boca Chica, Texas, rather than any of the mansions he previously owned. He has described renting the house directly from his own company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting from 2026 narrows down the picture further:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boca Chica rental:<\/strong> Musk has said his primary home is a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/elon-musk-home-gene-wilder-foreclosure-sale\/\">~$50K house in Boca Chica\/Starbase<\/a> that I rent from SpaceX.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boxabl guest house:<\/strong> he also owns a prefabricated <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/06\/12\/where-does-musk-live-spacex-stock-ipo-net-worth-trillionaire-homes-texas\/\">Boxabl unit near Starbase<\/a> that he has said he does not actually live in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primary residence detail:<\/strong> one 2026 report describes the SpaceX rental as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuindependent.com\/where-does-elon-musk-live\/\">modified into a three-bedroom house<\/a>, while the Boxabl unit functions mainly as a guesthouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Airstream trailer:<\/strong> as of September 2026, Musk said he was <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingout.com\/2026\/09\/18\/elon-musks-memphis-trailer-promise\/\">living in an Airstream trailer<\/a> in Memphis, Tennessee, while overseeing xAI&#8217;s data-center campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk made a similar statement back in 2021, telling reporters he lived in a Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c1wl5wj39zjo\">home valued at roughly $50,000<\/a>. That figure has stayed consistent across multiple reports over several years, even as the surrounding story (Boxabl unit, trailer, Austin-area purchases) has grown more complicated. Separately, viral claims that Musk bought a &#8220;$7,999 Tesla house&#8221; in Texas have been reported as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/viral-posts-tie-boxabl-elon-040000690.html\">inaccurate<\/a>; the actual structure involved is the Boxabl guest unit, not a standalone primary residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happened to Elon Musk&#8217;s California Mansions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk bought his seven California homes between 2012 and 2019 for about $102 million. He sold all of them between June 2020 and November 2021 for roughly $127.9 million. Six of those homes were clustered in Bel-Air; the seventh was the Hillsborough estate near San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bel-Air cluster included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The 2012 mansion:<\/strong> a 20,248-square-foot Colonial Musk bought for $17 million and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">sold for $29 million<\/a> in June 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A smaller Bel-Air home:<\/strong> bought in 2013 for $6.75 million and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">sold for $7 million<\/a> in October 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Four additional Bel-Air homes:<\/strong> sold together in December 2020 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/life\/private-quarters\/elon-musks-former-real-estate-portfolio-was-staggering\/JTEABYGKPFFWJDF6BBHSAL7AYY\/\">combined $62.5 million<\/a>, with the largest single sale closing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/real-estate\/story\/2020-12-30\/elon-musk-sells-three-bel-air-homes-for-a-combined-40-9-million\">$29.72 million<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hillsborough estate, a 16,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom Mediterranean-style mansion on 47.4 acres, had been in one family&#8217;s hands for 150 years before Musk bought it in 2017. The property included <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/elon-musks-houses-homes-sold\/\">a pool, hiking trails, canyons,<\/a> a reservoir, and Bay views, along with a detached three-car garage and an eight-car carport. Musk sold it in December 2021 after a listing that started at $37.5 million and was later cut to $31.99 million; the property ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansionglobal.com\/articles\/elon-musk-officially-owns-no-home-01638546737\">closed at $30 million<\/a>. One other report put the final sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/where-does-elon-musk-live\">$40.8 million<\/a>, a figure that conflicts with the more widely cited $30 million number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, a property formerly owned by actor Gene Wilder, and previously bought by Musk, re-entered his orbit. A trustee&#8217;s deed filed in January 2025 shows the home was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/elon-musk-home-gene-wilder-foreclosure-sale\/\">purchased by the same LLC<\/a> through which Musk originally bought it, and the property was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/elon-musk-home-gene-wilder-foreclosure-sale\/\">officially taken off the market<\/a> in February 2025. A separate report described a trust linked to Musk buying the house back for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/where-does-elon-musk-live\">$7.6 million<\/a> after the prior owner defaulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Musk&#8217;s Approach Compares to the Broader Luxury Real Estate Market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk exited the Los Angeles luxury market in 2020 and 2021, right before a sustained run-up in prices across the same neighborhoods he once owned in. Beverly Hills home prices rose <a href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/real-estate\/los-angeles-homes-rank-among-nations-most-expensive\/\">15.8% year over year<\/a> in 2025, while Bel Air prices rose <a href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/real-estate\/los-angeles-homes-rank-among-nations-most-expensive\/\">23.5%<\/a> over the same period, according to Redfin data cited in that report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The broader Los Angeles luxury segment has kept climbing too. A Q3 2025 benchmark of the Los Angeles luxury market reported a <a href=\"https:\/\/waltersplaxen.com\/blog\/reading-the-los-angeles-luxury-market-like-a-pro\">$2.065 million median sales price<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/waltersplaxen.com\/blog\/reading-the-los-angeles-luxury-market-like-a-pro\">$3.414 million average sales price<\/a>, up 11.6% and 8.5% respectively from the prior year. Had Musk held onto his Bel-Air cluster instead of selling in 2020, his former homes would likely sit inside a market segment that has continued appreciating rather than flattening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk exited concentrated, single-owner luxury real estate at a moment when that exact segment kept rising, moving instead toward cheap rentals and company-controlled industrial land. It is a personal choice tied to his lifestyle and companies, not a <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/articles\/the-u-s-real-estate-market-median-home-prices\">verdict on real estate<\/a> as an asset class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Musk&#8217;s Texas Land Footprint and His Companies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk&#8217;s personal housing in Texas is modest, but the land tied to him and his companies is not. Reporting from early 2025 placed his Texas holdings at <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/magazine\/january-2025\/elon-musk-texas-real-estate\/\">at least 3,900 acres<\/a>, with a property-tax valuation reported at $3.4 billion. That total reportedly includes <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/magazine\/january-2025\/elon-musk-texas-real-estate\/\">at least 440 acres<\/a> along FM 1209 near the Colorado River and <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/magazine\/january-2025\/elon-musk-texas-real-estate\/\">at least 900 acres<\/a> in Boca Chica and nearby Port Isabel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A separate 2025 analysis described entities tied to Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company as controlling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debrosland.com\/post\/elon-musk-real-estate-holdings-what-property-does-he-own\">more than 500 properties across<\/a> roughly 6,000 acres of Texas, a figure that includes Tesla&#8217;s Gigafactory site, Starbase, and Snailbrook, a planned company town near Bastrop. Snailbrook itself has been reported as sitting next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/tech\/elon-musk-town-snailbrook-bastrop\/269-8b9adab4-4fdf-4dcd-8c8d-42dab00e504b\">SpaceX and Boring Company facilities<\/a> in Bastrop County, part of a broader pattern of Musk and his companies acquiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/tech\/elon-musk-town-snailbrook-bastrop\/269-8b9adab4-4fdf-4dcd-8c8d-42dab00e504b\">at least 3,500 acres<\/a> in the Austin area over a three-year span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not every reported Austin property has held up under scrutiny. Musk has publicly denied owning or building a family compound in Austin, telling reporters &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/no-grand-family-compound-elon-171518656.html\">I don&#8217;t own, nor am<\/a> I building a compound in Austin,&#8221; and separately disputed a Wall Street Journal report about a riverside mansion, saying &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/money\/economy\/boomtown-2040\/elon-musk-austin-property-claims-denied\/269-eaf95702-6336-49cf-93f3-24fec83bc861\">I don&#8217;t live there<\/a> and am not looking to buy a house anywhere.&#8221; Those denials sit alongside separate, more recent reporting that Musk-linked companies acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/27\/technology\/elon-musk-companies-texas.html?eafs_enabled=false\">two multimillion-dollar condominiums<\/a> totaling more than 7,000 square feet at the Austin Proper Hotel, illustrating how much of this footprint sits in company names rather than Musk&#8217;s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Musk&#8217;s Real Estate Moves Reveal About His Wealth Strategy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk sold $102 million worth of California homes for roughly $127.9 million, then moved into a $50,000 Texas rental. That contrast suggests personal real estate functions as a minor line item relative to his equity holdings in Tesla and SpaceX. The profit on the California sale, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/elon-musk-has-sold-seven-homes-for-nearly-130-million-after-vowing-to-own-no-house-11646927878\">about $25 million<\/a>, is a rounding error against a net worth built almost entirely from company stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What stands out is the split between personal and corporate. Musk&#8217;s own stated housing, the Boca Chica rental, the Boxabl guest unit, the Memphis trailer, stays deliberately cheap and simple. The land and buildings tied to his companies (Starbase, the Gigafactory site, Snailbrook, and the broader Texas acreage) are a different category entirely: industrial and development real estate serving Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company rather than Musk&#8217;s personal lifestyle. Reports linking him to Austin-area mansions and hotel condominiums show that even the &#8220;no house&#8221; pledge has not fully held; some of that real estate simply sits inside LLCs rather than his own name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Ark7 Fits for Investors Watching This Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk&#8217;s approach, one person concentrating ownership in a handful of trophy properties, then exiting entirely in favor of cheap rentals and company land, is not a model most people can or should follow. Most investors who want real estate exposure are looking for the opposite: smaller, diversified positions they can hold without buying (or managing) an entire property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ark7 is built around that structure. Investors buy shares in curated rental homes, <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/about-us\/4-million-distributed-momentum-is-real\">receive monthly distributions<\/a> as passive income, and can sell shares or hold for appreciation after a minimum holding period. The platform uses a <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/blog\/about-us\/how-does-ark7-select-properties\">hybrid of artificial intelligence<\/a> and local expertise to source, lease, and manage properties, and reports complete legal and financial disclosure accessible at any time. The app carries a <a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/\">4.7 rating<\/a> on the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One investor described holding shares in two properties across different states this way: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ark7.com\/\">The Berkeley apartment has<\/a> a very stable cash flow, while the Austin SFH provides really good appreciation potential.&#8221; Split exposure across markets \u2014 income in one, appreciation potential in another \u2014 is the fractional-ownership alternative to the single-owner mansion model that defined Musk&#8217;s earlier real estate years. Investors who want to explore that structure can browse available properties on Ark7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many houses does Elon Musk actually own?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk sold his seven documented California homes between 2020 and 2021. His previously reported personal housing consists of a rented Boca Chica house and a Boxabl guest unit, though in September 2026 Musk said he was living in an Airstream trailer in Memphis while overseeing xAI&#8217;s data-center buildout; separate LLCs tied to him have also been linked to additional Texas properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much money has Elon Musk spent on real estate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>His seven original California homes cost about $102 million between 2012 and 2019 and later sold for a reported profit of about $25 million. 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