"There is no financial gain to be made and..."

You can't assume that. My sister-in-law rents a pokey bungalow near Monterey (sp) which was built as a simple vacation home in the 1920's. It has no yard and a dangerous set of front steps. She told me it was worth about $1,000,000 today.

If Brozman bought a home in the right part of CA back in the '1960's or 70's, then his estate may well be worth a lot of money.