Epic Real Estate Investing - Why AOC’s Neighborhood Just Went Full GTA Mode | 1470

Episode Date: April 21, 2025

This episode explores the chaotic transformation of a two-mile stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Queens into a hotspot of crime and prostitution, managed by the ruthless 18th Street gang. Residents, overwhelmed by the spike in crime, resort to pleading for federal intervention. The local government’s temporary crackdown results in a 37% crime drop, but the relief is short-lived. Community activists and local politicians, like Congresswoman AOC, clash over potential solutions, leading to heightened tensions and violent confrontations. Amidst this turmoil, real estate investors eye opportunities, anticipating the potential for future profits once order is restored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let's go. So, picture this. A two-mile stretch in Queens has more. morphed into a real-life grand theft auto level, gangs, prostitutes, and a missing-in-action congresswoman. Meet Roosevelt Avenue, also known as the Red Light District of AOC's New York turf. Dozens of sex workers lying the sidewalks every night. Locals say the ruthless 18th Street gang now runs the show. Pushing drugs, fake IDs, and bodies. While crime has spiked so high, residents literally begged the feds for help. It all blows up when AOC quietly suggests,

maybe legalize a red zone, regulate it. Translation. surrender the block to vice, slap on some rules, and hope for the best. Neighborhood leaders hear that and shout, nope. They fire off a desperate letter to the FBI pleading, send agents, crush these gangs before we turn into Caracas. Mayor Adams jumps in, launches Operation Restore Roosevelt, 200 cops, storm the strip, 1,800 busts, 15,000 summonses, sirens, zip ties, victory selfies, crime drops 37%. For a minute, it feels fixed. Cops pack up, lights go dark, and guess who slides right back. 18th Street. They swap jailed foot soldiers like spare parts. Bars become brothels overnight. A $60 dance turns into basement sex on a stained mattress. Money never stopped. Just paused for intermission. Community activist Haram, Montserrat, live streams 23 prostitutes on one block, tags AOC on X and

shouts, Where Are You? She's on a national Fight the Oligarchy Speaking Tour, miles away from the mess. Locals feel ghosted. Pro-sex work protesters swarm Mozzerat's cleanup rally. Signs, Scream, policing doesn't equal safety. Shoving matches break out. He bails as chance of let them work echo off Taco Cart Smoke. The block is officially at war with itself. Daylight murder. A Good Samaritan tries to stop a bike thief near the seven train stairs.

Gets stabbed to death. Blood on the sidewalk. Kids on the way to class step around the scene. Fear turns into fury. Friday night, humidity thick as soup. Blue lights flash beneath the elevated tracks. Sex workers scatter into alleys. dealers melt into bodegas, residents chant, FBI, FBI, while activists yell hands off.

A single question hangs in the neon glare, will the federal hammer drop, or will the gangs keep calling the shots? Tension soaks the avenue like spill to servesa, one spark from full-on riot. When a street looks doomed, property prices tank, scared landlords bail, storefront sit empty, and cash buyers quietly circle. The moment City Hall or the feds finally clean up Roosevelt Avenue, values, can rock it. That's why savvy investors track ugly headlines. They're a GPS to tomorrow's discounts. Imagine scooping a mixed-use building here at a 30% panic discount, adding security cams and fresh paint, then riding the rebound once order returned. That's how neighborhoods like Hell's Kitchen, the Bowery, and Times Square flipped from no-go zones to cash flow machines.

When chaos drives everyone out, real estate investors walk in because the ugliest news often hides the prettiest profits. And that wraps up the epic show. If you found this episode valuable, who else do you know that might too? There's a really good chance you know someone else who would. And when their name comes to mind, please share it with them. And ask them to click the subscribe button when they get here and I'll take great care of them. God loves you and so do I.

Health, peace, blessings and success to you. I'm Matt Terrio. Living the dream. Yeah, yeah, we got the cash flow. You didn't know home world, we got the cash low. This podcast is a part of the C-suite Radio Network. For more top business podcasts, visit c-sweetradio.com.