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t's 2025, but the American Dream feels like a luxury only the wealthy can afford. According to Delaware-based real estate agent Zachary Foust, first-time buyers are being priced out by institutional investors and well-heeled tycoons. In a viral TikTok rant, Foust argues that once-proud homes have become inflation vehicles for big players, leaving small-scale buyers in the dust.

    Foust's frustration stems from decades of policy decisions that favor investors over working-class Americans. He points to Reagan-era tax cuts, unchecked private equity dominance, and the 2008 crash as examples of how the system has been stacked against ordinary people. "If billionaires are gobbling up homes as inflation bets while the working class slides out...that's the infestation right there," he says.

    The numbers back him up: investors bought nearly 27% of U.S. home sales in Q1, with small-scale buyers owning 85% of investor-held properties. Foust wants to start a change so people can get in on the wealth, but wonders why he's labeled a communist for advocating for fairness. "I don't want to just sell homes," he says. "I want to give people a chance."