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Safety is an important consideration, as is investment risk. Your impartial third-party advisor will also want to be sure all of your potential EB-5 decisions have been thoroughly evaluated from an investment perspective too. You need to know that there is a reasonable potential for a return of your investment and on your investment. Keep in mind that this is always necessary, even if your only true concern is getting a U.S. green card and gaining lawful permanent U.S. residence.
A bleak outlook for return on investment has implications that extend beyond your personal financial circumstances. If you think return on investment is of little or no concern to you because you are only interested in your ability to emigrate, consider this—how likely is an investment project to meet investment and job-creation criteria if it does not stand the tests of viability and produce a return on your investment? Is that investment even capable of achieving the bare-minimum of immigration petition approval and removal of conditions?
The potential for return on your investment needs to be evaluated from several points of consideration. It is always strongly recommended that you seek appropriate professional advice in evaluating all investments; this is not a personal recommendation, it is the advice of any reputable professional or resource in the field. Some of the points of consideration that your third-party advisor will be concerned with are:
• The implications of the viability of the project and return on investment from an immigration perspective.
• Return on investment from a financial investment perspective.
• The published/projected rate of return on investment.
• The variability of the rate of return—is it fixed (such as for loan interest returns) or dependent on market or other factors?
• How well suited the projected return is to your lifestyle and financial plans.
• Projected rates of return in comparison to actual returns on this or other past projects (in other words, historically speaking, has the regional center achieved the rates of return for its investors that it has said it would?).
Your best interests are served when you and your advisor are able to work together to match you to the regional centers, and eventually center, that is/are best suited to you all-around. That means that not only should your immigration goals be prioritized, but also your goals for investment and return. As any investor knows, each individual has his or her own investment style. What you consider to be a good rate of return is very much related to your style, as is what you consider to be a reasonable amount of risk. It takes a lot of work and evaluation to match you to the regional center that is really suited to your needs.
Next we’ll look at hidden costs and fees associated with your EB-5 investment. In the meantime, if we can answer any of your questions please contact Stephen Parnell or Andrew Bartlett at Which EB5
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