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December 4, 2025 24 mins

Here we go again – Blackstone just scooped up San Francisco's Four Seasons hotel for a bargain basement $130 million, roughly $470,000 per room. Is anyone surprised that major institutional investors are swooping in like vultures to buy up premium properties at fire sale prices after years of failed policies drove these cities into the ground?We're breaking down this "coincidental" pattern: How San Francisco's homelessness crisis, crime surge, and work-from-home policies magically created the perfect storm for massive discounts. The Hilton Union Square sold for $408 million – down from $1.5 billion! Meanwhile, taxpayers in cities like Chicago are getting slammed with doubled property tax bills because their downtown cores are worthless.Does this feel orchestrated to anyone else? Drive down property values through terrible street conditions, then let the big money players clean up for pennies on the dollar? What did they expect when they turned prime real estate districts into zombie apocalypse movie sets?Drop your thoughts below – are we witnessing the biggest wealth transfer in real estate history? Hit subscribe if you want the truth about how policy failures become someone else's profit opportunities!

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