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As you research regional centers, it’s not at all uncommon for you to find regional centers and projects that have a definite targeted audience—a definite culture or nationals of a specific country or countries whom are being obviously catered to as potential immigrant investors. The targeting can be so obvious that it leaves you wondering if the center is interested in investors outside that culture or country at all. It can almost leave you thinking that perhaps they do not want your money if you do not fit their targeted profile.
The question is whether or not this is an issue, and whether or not you need to be concerned with this—either as a member of that targeted population or as an outsider with an interest in such a project. The answer to the question is that yes, this is definitely something you will want to discuss with your immigration consultant.
Again, it is not that this practice is across-the-board problematic, and it is not illegal, but there are certain implications for projects that do cater to certain investors. You see, when you have a specific target audience in mind, you put a lot of work and emphasis on serving the needs and wants of the people who make up that target audience; those are people who usually, as a group, have similar goals and motivations. Those goals and motivations may or may not be in line with yours, even if you are a member of that targeted group.
The potential implications are wide-ranging, and whether or not they are a positive or a negative, or even a neutral factor for you needs to be determined. You would be surprised at the insight your immigration consultant can provide to you in this regard.
You should also know that the regional center and their representatives will not be very willing to divulge the possible implications behind their targeting practices, as they know that they do have very serious implications. Very rarely will you find a center that can take an objective look at the possible implications of such a practice and lay it out in meaningful terms for you; for that, you need a truly impartial party who has other options to present to you as well.
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