thanks for joining us. i m bob massi, your property man. about 8% of all u.s. households own time-shares, and the industry generated more than $70 billion last year alone, and it continues to grow. now, a time-share is a piece of property for which you own a specific amount of time, usually one week per year, and you use it as your vacation home. if you re thinking about buying one, well, i m gonna give you some of the dos and don ts and take you inside the latest project, from time-share giant westgate resorts, right behind me, the old las vegas hilton. but first, david siegel, well, he s the founder of westgate, and his story is amazing. in 1980, david siegel owned a small tourist attraction called the mystery funhouse in orlando, florida, and an orange grove. well, one day a man approached him and offered to buy part of the grove. i said, what are you gonna do with it? he says, i m gonna time-share it. i said, what s that? he explained the concept to me. i fell in
thanks for joining us. i m bob massi. a while back, i introduced you to david and jackie siegel, the billionaire couple building themselves the largest home in america. this project started 12 years ago, and construction is still going on. but now a personal tragedy has completely changed the focus of their lives and, of course, adjusted their priorities. in a few minutes, i ll take you inside the home, and we ll hear what their mission has become. but first, let s take a look at how they got there. david siegel well, he knows about construction. he built the time-share empire westgate resorts from scratch, starting with 16 villas in an orange grove outside of orlando and growing into the largest privately owned time-share company in the world. but in 2004, david and his wife, jackie, took on a completely different construction project, building a dream home that would end up being the largest in america. 12 years later, it is still a work in progress. the 90,000-square-foo
overdose . all right. take a seat. please, we have to start with our panel. if you have a moment, please take a seat. all right. i m going to introduce myself because amy s feet hurt. my name is ryan gurdusky. i write for the washington examiner and other publications. ed so we were talking about opioids and i m going to introduce our panel. first next to me is martha benita, she is the founder of piedmont academy and center we have ms. jackie siegal. you may know her from the movie and far end is mr. spencer fomar. he is a film maker, making generation thin and warning shot, among them and jackie is coming out with a new book called victoria s voice, about her daughter s battle with an opioid addiction. if you so it should be out in 2019. yep. so i want to give everyone a chance to have their opening remarks and talk about the opioid addiction to them. go ahead marsha. thank you everyone. so the opioid crisis in our country affects every single american. it s a nonpart
a seat. i m going to introduce myself because her feet hurt. my name is ryan girdusky. i am a conservative writer. i write for the washington examiner and a few other publications. we re talking about opioids and i will introduce our panel. next to me is martha boneta. she is the founder of piedmont agriculture academy and liberty hall livestock rescue. in the center we have ms. jackie siegel. jackie, you may know her from the film queen of her site. she was former miss florida america. on the board of directors, and on the far end we have spencer. he is a filmmaker. he made the film generation warning shot. i just want and jack is coming out with a new book called victoria s voice about her daughters battle with an opioid addiction. it should be out in 2019 i think. i m going to give everyone a a chance just another opening relax and talk about how to understand the opioid addiction to them. go ahead, martha. thank you everyone. the opioid crisis in the country affects
the rebound, because las vegas was a microcosm of america, and now vegas is back. [ woman vocalizing ] 5.5 million people bought a home last year in america, and more than 2 million of them share one critical thing in common they have never done it before. so how do you take on something so huge if you ve never done it before? well, we decided to tag along as a first-time homebuyer went shopping. this is gino. he s a pilot looking for a three-bedroom starter home near a major airport. kathryn is his realtor. she ll be helping him every step of the way. representing the seller is geoff. kathryn s already shown him two homes. next up is a three-bedroom, 1,900 square-foot home in henderson, nevada. gino, the home we re gonna look at now is a home that was built in 2000. it s right around the square footage that you were looking for three-bedroom, two-story home. i think you ll really like the backyard, as well, so should we go take a look inside? all right, let s go.