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Alex Rodriguez sells Miami Beach manse to a mystery Palm Beach celeb for $30M

TMZ reports that ARod has left the building--that is, his 9 bedroom, 11 bathroom Miami Beach manse, which he just sold for $30 million. Though the Yankee slugger took an $8 million pay cut in the price of the home, originally listed at $38 mil, he bought it in 2010 for $7.4 million, raking in a pretty impressive profit nonetheless. The buyer, TMZ says, is a Palm Beach celeb. Rush Limbaugh? Rod Stewart? G-d forbid Donald Trump?  No one knows--yet. Says our real estate mole, "It's a couple from Palm Beach." The home is not so far from Matt Damon's, which is currently on the market for the bargain basement price of $20 million. True high rollers, however, may want to consider the Versace mansion, which just dropped its asking price today from $100 million to $75 million.

Miami Heat's Mike Miller puts his oceanfront estate up for auction (again)

Miami Heat player Mike Miller has put his Hillsboro Shores (Broward County) estate on the auction block for the second time. If Miller has his way, the place will be sold on June 30 to the highest bidder via Platinum Luxury Auctions, LLC, an auction house specializing in multi-million-dollar real estate and asset sales. The three level oceanfront estate has 6 bedrooms, 8 full bathrooms, 2 half bathrooms, an elevator, 2 kitchens, cigar and wine room, swim up pool bar and more. Before he decided to put it up for auction, Miller listed the home for $9 million. The home was originally scheduled to for auction in February, and while interest was allegedly generated, Miller decided to "re-offer" it now. In other words, he wants to get rid of it asap, so there's neither a minimum bid nor a reserve meaning it just goes to the highest bidder. To live like a baller, click here.