Apple buys a house. For $1.7 million.

Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time. A North Carolina couple sure was. Apparently they owned a piece of property that Apple needed to assemble the property on which the new Apple data center now sits. They held out long enough to get Apple to buy their property for $1.7 million.

From Bloomberg:
"Apple's Data Needs Mean $1.7 Million, Jacuzzi for Carolina Pair"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-05/apple-s-data-needs-mean-1-7-million-jacuzzi-for-carolina-pair.html?cmpid=yhoo

So what about others who sold to Apple for a lot less? I'll be they're kicking themselves now!