Good morning @cicisaja! Yes, even the wealthiest of us have their limitations. Once this man had passed into eternity, I imagine his family was more than a little "challenged" by what it was going to take to try and keep "The Enchanted Hill" going ...

Beyond maintenance costs, though, I would imagine a significant factor was also taxes. The State of California has the highest overall tax burden in America (just the prices I am paying for everything from gas to food is the highest of the trip ...). Hard to imagine what the annual property tax would be on a place like this one ...

I'm sure the Hearst family attorneys and financial planners worked out something with the State to get some sort of credit for this "gift," that in turn benefited them on their other properties in the State. In other words, they didn't just hand them the keys and walk off ... 😉

Back "out on the road" I go, as I am sitting here typing in my motel room, rather than be out on the beautiful Pacific Ocean coast on the Monterey Peninsula! 👋