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No Joke! Comedian Martin Lawrence’s Ranch Slays ’Em as the Week’s Most Popular Home

’’Dammmmmmmn! When we totaled up the numbers, Martin Lawrence‘s 116-acre Virginia ranch ranked as the most popular home on realtor.com® this week. Now available for $8.5 million, the funnyman’s massive vacation home features a two-lane bowling alley and a movie theater.

Speaking of movies, this week’s runner-up played a part in the film “Nights in Rodanthe” and is on the market for $1.25 million. The current owners not only loved the movie and worked to recreate the home’s cinematic look, but rescued the structure from flooding by moving it to higher ground. The 83,000-pound home was trucked down the highway to a spot about 2,500 feet away from its original location.

Other popular properties this week include a wild Harry Potter-themed house in Minnesota, a cool apartment for rent in an old Ohio movie theater, and the former Connecticut home of President President Trump and his former wife, Ivana, now on the market for $45 million.

We ask you to put politics aside for a moment and enjoy all of this week’s most popular homes…

10. 208 Nalley St, Easley, SC

Price: $119,900
Why it’s here: Welcome to the doll house! This two-bedroom cottage is cute inside and out. The freshly renovated space includes a kitchen with farmhouse sink and butcher-block counters, updated floors, a deck off the kitchen, as well as a fenced-in yard. The listing went fast—it’s already found a buyer after less than two weeks on the market.

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9. 21 Vista Dr, Greenwich, CT

Price: $45 million
Why it’s here: Just a humble waterfront country home, once owned by Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana. The couple purchased the stately residence in 1982. Ivana kept the six-acre spread after the divorce, which now includes tennis courts, an indoor pool, putting green, and staff apartments. The former Mrs. Trump sold it to the current owners in 1998—it’s now the most expensive listing in the Nutmeg State.

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8. 3138 N Cambridge Ave, Milwaukee, WI 

Price: $199,900
Why it’s here: Land ho! Live on a boat without ever touching the water in this boat-shaped home. We covered this two-bedroom house last year, when it was priced at $389,000. The nautical-themed house has now floated back onto the market with a significant price cut.

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7. 535 E Roseville Rd, Lancaster, PA

Price: $308,000
Why it’s here: Built in 1941, this house is a pristine, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired gem featuring details including built-in shelving, an open floor plan, and loads of natural light. The multitiered building, made of stone, wood, and glass, has four bedrooms, a screened-in porch, and a separate artist studio on one acre of land. 

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6. 829 E 185th St Apt 3, Cleveland, OH

Price: $635/mo
Why it’s here: Now playing? The coolest rental in Cleveland! Once a movie theater, this building from the 1920s was abandoned in the 1990s and faced demolition. Instead, it was scooped up by the nonprofit Neighborhood Development Corporation and renovated. Now, the building is a multiuse space with five apartments above the auditorium.

This newly renovated unit features original hardwood floors, new casement windows, renovated kitchen and bath, plus two bedrooms. Residents enjoy on-site laundry and proximity to the revitalized neighborhood’s restaurant scene, Waterloo arts district, and bike trails. Although interest has been of blockbuster proportions, income limits have been imposed to keep the apartments reserved for affordable housing. 

“There are so many people who have such good memories tied to the theatre,” says listing agent Neris Limas, with the Klimas Group. “I think it was exciting for people to see a new life being breathed into the space.” 

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5. 10979 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles

Price: $90 million
Why it’s here: The web just can’t get enough of this over-the-top megamansion. Even with a $10 million price cut, it’s still one of the most expensive homes in the L.A. metro. The luxe offerings of the 31,000-square-foot newly built estate include a lavish designer kitchen, 5,600-square-foot master suite including spa, five bars, and a two-lane bowling alley.

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4. 247 10th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN

Price: $2,995,000
Why it’s here: OK, muggles of Minneapolis: Here’s your chance to move into Hogwarts. Tucked away in downtown Minneapolis and steps from the U.S. Bank Stadium sits a stone-clad estate built in 1911. The property—which once served as a storefront for a blacksmith—was purchased by musician and restaurateur Jeff Arundel in 2002.

Arundel then spent years creating the fanciful residence. Hidden behind a gated courtyard and garden, the urban castle offers three beds, a rooftop terrace with skyline views, and details like a steel staircase, stone fireplaces, and exposed brick walls.

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3. 450 W Grixdale, Detroit, MI 

Price: $550,000
Why it’s here: The internet is still clicking on this eye-popping estate crammed with memorabilia. Still available for a serious collector, the purchase price includes everything within, including a white player piano, vintage cars, statuary, and fountains. Any takers?

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2. 23289 Beacon Rd E, Rodanthe, NC

Price: $1.25 million
Why it’s here: Nicholas Sparks fans unite! This oceanfront vacation home had a starring role in the movie “Nights in Rodanthe,” starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, based on the best-selling novel of the same name.

“It’s an icon,” says listing agent Frank A. Jakob. “It’s a movie house. I expect a bidding war.” The waterfront property was almost lost due to flooding from erosion about a decade ago. It was saved by the current owners, fans of the movie, who bought it in 2010 and moved the structure to a lot about 2,500 feet away from its original location. The owners then painstakingly recreated the interiors to match the look of the fictional bed-and-breakfast in the movie.

Although the blue-shuttered, six-bedroom building is a single-family residence in real life, and not an inn, as portrayed in the movie, it could bring in about $130,000 of income a year as a rental property, the agent notes.

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1. 19290 Telegraph Springs Rd, Purcellville, VA

Price: $8,500,000
Why it’s here: This isn’t your “Big Momma’s House.” Comedian Martin Lawrence’s 116-acre ranch has caused a frenzy of interest on the Internet. Completely renovated in 2004, the 22,538-square-foot home has plenty of deluxe features, including a bowling alley, indoor pool and spa, a sport court, workout room, and a home theater.

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