Jack Anderson, a retired and newly divorced dentist, wins an apartment builidng in a poker/golf game with the rich cronies at the fancy Bel Air country club in Los Angeles. Thinking he's a winner and on his way to a stable retirement, complication arise when the naive lonely man discovers he was set up and the building will cost him over $70,000 a year in negative cash flow. When all seems lost, Jack turns to his derranged caddie, Eggie Hooper and moves him into the buidling as manager. Through a series of hilarious turns and events, Jack discovers love with his most difficult tenant, revenge with his rich cronie and Eggie, the self confidence and respect he always seeked.