California debtors, don't be like this guy after filing for bankruptcy

July 19, 2010
By Richard Koman on July 19, 2010 10:52 PM |
With a lead-in of "Who says bankruptcy can't be fun?" The Wall Street Journal, following up a report in the Seattle Times, reports that Seattle real estate tycoon Michael Mastro, who filed Chapter 7, has been living high on the hog.

How high? Check this out.

Michael R. Mastro, the Seattle real-estate tycoon, filed for Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code last summer reporting liabilities of $570 million. He then proceeded to take vacations in Italy, Paris, New York and Palm Springs, Calif., as well as ski trips to Switzerland and Jackson Hole, Wyo.

He has enjoyed $2,900 dinners at the plush Seattle restaurant Canlis and continues to roll around in his Rolls-Royce and Bentley, which cost him $8,000 a month. He also still lives in his $15 million waterfront home in Medina.

Yikes.