TAYLOR SWIFT has found yet another way to turn her heartache into cold hard cash.
The country cutie, who’s built a career on writing songs about her failed romances, is now padding her bank account by flipping houses.
According to sources, the 23-year-old songbird made nearly $1 million by selling the Cape Cod property she bought last summer to be closer to then-boyfriend Conor Kennedy.
“Taylor has gotten the last laugh on all the guys she’s loved before,” said one source. “They may have broken her heart, but she’s turned it into big profits.”
Songs like “Picture to Burn,” “Back to December,” “Dear John,” “All Too Well” and “Better Than Revenge” were inspired by Taylor’s breakups with Joe Jonas, John Mayer, Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal, among others.
And the practice of creating hit music from heartbreak has made her a fortune. According to “Forbes,” she earned $57 million last year, placing her at No. 11 on the magazine’s 100 Top Celebrities list.
Now the multitalented performer is adding real estate to her list of moneymaking activities. Last August, Taylor plunked down $4.8 million for a seven-bedroom home near the Kennedy family’s Massachusetts compound. But after splitting with Conor – the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy – in September, she listed the house for sale. And in February, it went for a whopping $5,675,000.
“It was like she flipped the house – a good short-term investment,” said the source.
On May 1, Taylor moved into her latest acquisition, a stunning waterfront mansion in Rhode Island. According to reports, the asking price for the 11,000-square-foot home was $20 million, but business-savvy Taylor got it for a bargain $17 million, paid in cash!
“If Taylor is crying over her lost loves,” the source noted, “she’s crying all the way to the bank.”
