Far from a typical real estate investment, Musk bought the home for $6.7 million with a heartfelt goal in mind: to preserve it as a tribute to Wilder and protect his legacy from being diminished or erased. Musk envisioned turning the home into a kind of museum in the actor’s honor. However, things didn’t go exactly as planned.

Elon Musk says he will spend more time at Tesla, but the White House expects him to continue “dedicating a lot of his time”’ to supporting the president.