Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He tau i muri mai i tana whakarewatanga i tana ake taupānga me te mahi i nga upoko korero, kaore ano a Leo Grand i te kaainga. I te pō i whakarewahia ai e ia tana taupānga tuatahi, i matapae tētahi tangata kore kāinga ka huri tōna oranga. 'Ka taea e au te mahi i Google, ka taea e au te mahi i SpaceX,' i kii a Leo Grand i nga meneti i muri mai i tana mahinga waka waka a Trees for Cars. 'Ka huri tēnei i tōku ora i roto i te ara whakamiharo.' Kua kotahi tau me te hawhe mai i taua wā i arahi ai a Grand me tana kaiako, a Patrick McConlogue, ki te noho hei kaupapa pāpāho. Engari kua mutu te Trees for Cars, ā, kei te noho kore kāinga tonu a Grand, e ai ki te pūrongo a Mashable. I te marama o Akuhata 2013 i tukuna e McConlogue ki a Grand, te tangata kore-whare i kitea e ia i nga ra katoa i tana hikoi ki te mahi i New York City, he mahi: Ka hoatu e ia ki a ia $ 100, ka whakaako ranei ia ki a ia ki te waehere. I mohio a Grand ka taea e ia te haere '$ 100 i roto i etahi ra' ka peke ki te whai waahi ki te ako i tetahi mea hou ka taea e ia te 'huri atu ki tetahi atu mea,' i kii ia ki a Business Insider i te 2013. I whakawhiwhia e McConlogue ki a Grand nga akoranga o ia ra, tae atu ki te pona, te waahi wera ahokore, nga pukapuka waehere, te rihi ra me te waahi tari i te tiimata i mahi ai ia i te wa i tino makariri ai te tuhi i waho. Ko Grand, i kii i tetahi wa ehara ia i te 'tangata kore-whare' me tana whakaaro ko ia he 'hoa taiao', i puta mai he taupānga i hangaia hei tango i etahi atu motuka mai i te huarahi. 'I taku whakarewatanga tuatahi i taku taupānga he pai,' i kii a Grand ki a Mashable i tenei wiki. 'I harikoa ahau, i harikoa te pāpāho, he wā tino nui noa iho.' I puta a Grand rāua ko McConlogue ki ngā whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata, ā, e ai ki a ia, i aroha te iwi ki a ia i ngā wāhi katoa, ā, i hoatu he kawhe koreutu ki a ia i ngā wharekai. Ko tana ki mai, ko te mahi i runga i te NBC te mea nui o tana tau. Ka noho mātou ki tētahi hōtera pai i Rockefeller Plaza. He hotera pai, he huatau. Kua whakatakotoria te kāpeti whero ki mua i a mātau!' i mea ia. Engari kei te noho tonu a Grand i runga i ngā huarahi, ā, e ai ki a ia ko te pātai matua e pātai ana te iwi ki a ia, he aha ia i noho tonu ai i te kāinga kore. I waihangahia e Grand nga rakau me nga motuka i muri i te tuku a Patrick McConlogue ki a ia i tetahi kirimana: $ 100 i te moni i te waahi, i nga akoranga waehere o ia ra ranei. He nui...
I whakawhiwhia a Leo Grand ki tetahi mahi: $ 100 ranei nga akoranga i te waehere mai i a Patrick McConlogue, i haere ia ia i te huarahi i nga ra katoa. I muri i ngā akoranga waehere ā-ra i te rā, ka whakarewahia e Grand te taupānga waka tiritiri, Trees for Cars. I kii a Grand i whiwhi ia i te $ 15,000 mai i te taupānga, kaore ano i te toa na te mea kaore ia e hiahia ki te utu mo te waahi tūmau. I kii ia kaore ano ia kia whai wa ki te waehere i ia ra. E kī ana a Grand he pai ki a ia te noho i waho, engari i mea ia me whakaaro ia ki tētahi whakaaro e nui ake ai te moni.