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Michael Marin was literally on top of the world in the spring of 2009. He was in the process of

climbing Mount Everest when he stopped for an interview with the local TV station via satellite

in order to generate publicity for a raffle that he had organized. From an altitude of 25,000 feet,

Marin announced through choppy audio that he would be giving away his $6600 square foot,

multi-million dollar home, located in the Billmore states and Phoenix to one lucky ticket holder.

The drawing was planned for July 4th, 2009 and Marin calculated that he needed to sell at least

$176,000 tickets at $25 each to reach his target of $4.4 million. He would use some of the money

to pay off the remaining mortgage on the house and he planned to donate another portion to a crisis

of his children. Any remaining cash would go into his pockets. On the surface, the stunt appeared

to be nothing more than a rich man downsizing when the most attention starved man are possible,

but the reality was much darker. Michael Marin was in dire financial strates, but that hadn't

always been the case. There was a time when Michael Marin was on top of the world figuratively as well.

Throughout the 80s and 90s, he traded complex investment instruments on Wall Street and became a

millionaire. He moved to Japan and worked for global investment firms like Merrill Lynch and

Lehman Brothers before returning to the United States. He drove a rose-roise, traveled all over the

world, bought expensive art, flew his own airplane, and purchased an Arizona mansion from a business

partner, who had lost it for closure during the financial crisis in 2008.

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