His papal offices, his numerous abbeys in Italy and Spain, and his three bishoprics of Valencia, Portus, and Carthage yield him a vast income, and it is said that the office of vice-chancellor alone brings him in eight thousand gold florins.

His plate, his pearls, his stuffs embroidered with silk and gold, and his books in every department of learning are very numerous, and all are of a magnificence worthy of a king or pope.

I need not mention the innumerable bed hangings, the trappings for his horses, and similar things of gold, silver, and silk, nor his magnificent wardrobe, nor the vast amount of gold coin in his possession.

In fact it was believed that he possessed more gold and riches of every sort than all the cardinals together, with the exception of one, Estouteville." Cardinal Rodrigo, therefore, was able to give his children the most brilliant education, while he modestly maintained them as his nephews.
Not until he himself had attained greatness could he bring them forth into the full light of day.
In 1482 he did not occupy his house in the Ponte quarter, perhaps because he was having it enlarged.

He spent more of his time in the palace which Stefano Nardini had finished in 1475 in the Parione quarter, which is now known as the Palazzo del Governo Vecchio.