Homeless man who returned £7500 cheque he found burst into tears after being offered life-changing reward

Now, she leads a multi-million dollar real estate company, along with a foundation, a real estate brokerage, and a real estate school. However, she shared that she came from a background similar to Elmer’s.

“Roberta explained that he didn’t know who was behind the check.”

“He didn’t know that I was a single mother who had once been on welfare and had even found myself homeless at one point.”

Elmer also admitted that returning the check and seeing Roberta’s happiness was more rewarding than keeping the cash, and he would gladly do it all over again.

Roberta added, “We need more people like Elmer Alvarez. He’s a person with a golden heart and a truly phenomenal guy.”

Roberta founded Outreach Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families. The organization has already purchased a two-family home, helping 15 people in need.

She appointed Alvarez as an advisor for the house and shared details about her relationship with him in her book, Poverty Curse Broken: The Roberta Hoskie Story, which was published in 2021.

In an Instagram post promoting her book, she wrote, “In my book, I share the true story of Elmer Alvarez, the homeless man who found my lost check for over $10,000, from my perspective. I reveal what the media didn’t.”