Homeless Man Finds Something On The Street That Changes His Fortune Forever

Most of the stuff we find on the sidewalk amounts to nothing. But in the back of our minds, we’re always hoping for that golden ticket twist of fate that will change life as we know it. So when a homeless man who lived on the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, found thousands of dollars right before him, he was forced to choose between doing the right thing and snatching his own proverbial golden ticket. His ultimate choice started a chain reaction he never saw coming.

Lost And Found

When Roberta Hoskie unknowingly dropped her $10,000 check, she couldn’t have felt that she deserved the good fortune that was about to come her way. She received a phone call saying someone had picked up her check – only she hadn’t even known that she’d lost it. And when she learned that the finder was homeless like Harris, she knew she had to thank him properly.

Rising Up

Hoskie’s own past might just have been the inspiration for the way she reacted to Elmer Alvarez’s act of kindness. Although she had since found success as a real estate broker, her early years in New Haven, Connecticut, had been difficult. She grew up with her single mother and three brothers and sisters, and the family was anything but wealthy.

Working Little By Little

Hoskie had experienced not having a roof over her head, and she had relied on welfare services to get her through a teenage pregnancy. But she wouldn’t remain in a state of need for long; at 20, she started working at Yale University, which afforded her the means to buy a home.

Young Entrepreneur

Four years on, Hoskie’s investment had quadrupled in value, and selling it gave her the funds she needed to start a business, Outreach Property Management. She has since used her success to give back to the community via affordable housing initiatives, economic development, and business and real estate training courses.