Hit a Housing Homerun: DiMaggio's SF Home

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It's not easy being a celebrity. There are all those paparazzi to contend with, not to mention the lack of job security. It's better to avoid the whole deal of being a celebrity and just find a way to live like one.

That's right, you can live in a celebrity's former home. They're all around us, you just have to know where to look.

This Week: Joe DiMaggio's former pad!

He was nicknamed the Yankee Clipper for his impressive 56-game hitting streak, and was also known as Mr. Marilyn Monroe. Though DiMaggio was famous for playing baseball for the New York Yankees in the 1940's, he was from foggy San Francisco and grew up in North Beach, known for its Italian enclave.

In the 1980's DiMaggio lived at the seemingly modest 2150 Beach Street (left), just steps from the city's giant Presidio green space.

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