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A $1.2 Billion Real Estate Deal in Atlanta… and $259 in the Bank?
The only thing more impressive than the renderings is the imagination. Investors, take notes.
I just read the investigation into Webstar Technology Group—the penny stock behind the $650M Bear Village resort in small-town Georgia and a $1.2B megaproject in Downtown Atlanta.
Let me save you 15,000 words:
No permits.
No water.
No verified land deals.
No communication with the actual cities.
SEC filings are full of typos and contradictions.
A CEO with a Marriott résumé that not even LinkedIn believes.
Crypto coins somehow tied to a water park in a town with fewer than 9,000 people.
The company has $259 in the bank and wants to sell condos next to an aquarium that doesn’t exist.
They’ve changed businesses more often than a bad poker player changes seats—software to cannabis to condos to crypto to water parks.
Meanwhile, insiders hold 400 million shares. The stock is down 80%, and the only construction they’ve built is on the balance sheet.
Lessons for investors:
🚩 If your due diligence feels like chasing shadows, it's not deep enough.
🚩 When management leads with token sales and renderings, not permits and capital stacks—run.
🚩 If you see three accounting firms in three countries in 12 months, you're not looking at innovation—you're looking at a fire drill.
It’s amazing how much you can promise when no one asks for proof.
Worth reading if you’ve ever been tempted to believe the sizzle before you smell the steak.
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