--- title: Hidden Cash Real Estate Giving Free Cash In New York, Chicago, Houston description: If you live in New York, Las Vegas, Houston, Chicago or Mexico City, get ready for a scavenger hunt canonical: https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T15:14:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:44.680Z og:title: The Rich Guy Who's Been Giving Away Free Money May Be Heading to Your City og:description: If you live in New York, Las Vegas, Houston, Chicago or Mexico City, get ready og:url: https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d72a0e36f405bbd/698697801eebf721723716e5/145868151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5136 og:image:height: 2889 og:image:alt: 145868151 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rich Guy Who's Been Giving Away Free Money May Be Heading to Your City twitter:description: If you live in New York, Las Vegas, Houston, Chicago or Mexico City, get ready twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d72a0e36f405bbd/698697801eebf721723716e5/145868151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Rich Guy Who's Been Giving Away Free Money May Be Heading to Your City > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 13, 2014 3:14 PM UTC  US dollart banknotes US dollart banknotes Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 13, 2014 3:14 PM UTC Last month we [reported](http://time.com/118882/twitter-scavenger-hunt-hidden-cash/) that an anonymous real estate magnate (who has since [been outed](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n%5F1s23kb3) as Bay Area resident Jason Buzi) was giving away free money in San Francisco. Using the Twitter handle [@HiddenCash](https://twitter.com/HiddenCash), Buzi shared clues that ultimately directed people toward crisp white envelopes stuffed with bills. Well, this weekend Buzi’s expanding his operation across North America. He shared his itinerary on Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/HiddenCash/status/476534138309054466) If you hope to score some dough, be sure to pay close attention to Twitter, because the second Buzi provides any information, you’ll need to act _fast._ Buzi isn’t just doling out free money, though. He’s also doling out free life lessons: > [](https://twitter.com/HiddenCash/status/477090673577844736) ([h/t Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/hidden-cash-is-coming-to-new-york-2014-6)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/"},"headline":"The Rich Guy Who's Been Giving Away Free Money May Be Heading to Your City","datePublished":"2014-06-13T15:14:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:44.680Z","description":"If you live in New York, Las Vegas, Houston, Chicago or Mexico City, get ready for a scavenger hunt","url":"https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Money","New York","U.S.","cities","cash"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d72a0e36f405bbd/698697801eebf721723716e5/145868151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d72a0e36f405bbd/698697801eebf721723716e5/145868151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"145868151","caption":"145868151","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2870049/the-rich-guy-whos-been-giving-away-free-money-may-be-heading-to-your-city/","name":"The Rich Guy Who's Been Giving Away Free Money May Be Heading to Your City"}}]}] ```