Property fortunes *NSYNC built after band split

Boy band sensation *NSYNC shattered records by selling 2.4 million copies of their hit album No Strings Attached in a single week. Yet behind the scenes, the stars were surviving on a measly allowance of just $52 ($US35) a day. Despite generating hundreds of millions of dollars in album sales and sold-out stadium tours, the band members were financially blindsided by their manager, Lou Pearlman. The music mogul swindled more than half a billion dollars from investors and artists before the group broke free to build massive property fortunes. The band severed ties with Pearlman in 1999 and signed a lucrative deal with Jive Records. The move finally delivered the multimillion-dollar payday they deserved. Just three years later, after dropping their third album Celebrity, the band went on an indefinite hiatus. Decades after escaping the biggest contract scam in pop history, the former teen heart-throbs have poured their fortunes into the elite real estate market. Here is how the members of *NSYNC built their property empires from the ground up. MORE: ‘Wow’: Pam Anderson’s shock new life at 59 Vanished star quits LA for wild drug life at 72 ‘Tough’: Warne hid wealth for kids not wives ...