Andi Schmied pretended to be a billionaire to infiltrate NYC’s most exclusive and expensive homes, which only cater to the unbelievably wealthy and privileged. Touring homes up to $85 million, she wanted to see and photograph how the 1% of the 1% lives in one of the most iconic and expensive cities in the world. To do so, she had to transform herself from an artist into a convincing billionaire almost overnight. But while snapping 25 penthouses she discovered a world of high-rise apartments sitting empty in a city facing a housing crisis. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Why I Wanted Access to NYC's Penthouses 04:31 Transforming Myself into a Billionaire 05:07 Touring Luxury Homes up to $85 Million 07:13 New York's Housing Crisis 08:45 The 'Soulless' High-Rise Apartments Watch more like this: How I Stole $2.8M as a Teenager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgkf7VGtZfY How We Staged a UFO Hoax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cW8RsWNnKg My Wife Hired a Hitman So I Faked My Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpyQDo_VoaM Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com/ More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: null MUNCHIES: null VICE News: null VICELAND: null Broadly: null Noisey: null Motherboard: null VICE Sports: null i-D: null Waypoint: null