EB-5 Trading Cards

“Psssst…c’mere: I’ve got six Taiwanese EB5 investors funded but the original deal went bust. Let’s talk…?”My my, how EB-5 has evolved. Two years ago, I couldn’t get anyone overseas to talk to me about finding investors. Today, they’re beating down the doors of guys like me. And, no, it’s not just because of my brutal Latin good looks. 😛 It’s because I have something their clients want and they themselves desperately need: fair EB-5 opportunities which will deliver the US green card as well as protect the investor’s investment.Here’s how it works: the larger agencies in countries like Taiwan, China, and Korea have a steady pipeline of clients considering various EB-5 investment opportunities. In many of these countries, there are specific banking rules as to how funds can depart the h…

A Night in Bollywood…with Cubans

I’ve never been to India. But I hope I can go soon.Due to an amalgam of fortuitous circumstances, fate, and an indisputably vast amount of karma, Sunil Kumar is responsible for a Night in Bollywood, an annual fund raiser taking place in Coral Gables (Miami) Florida, which raises tens of thousands of dollars for his orphanage in India.Sunil grew up as an orphan in India, and decided to see what he could do to make things better for the many poor children in his country. After becoming a computer engineer, he began working online, ultimately connecting with Carlos and Sandra Osorio, right here in Miamitown. The Osorios told someone, who told someone, who told someone…Fast forward a few years and you have one of the single biggest cultural/fundraising events Miami… certainly the most cult…

Russians and Their EB-5s

Last night I spent a wonderful evening with my dear friend Mikhael Keifitz, a Miami – based attorney of Russian origin. Mikhael is more than a colleague with whom I administer Russian investor cases; he’s an extraordinarily creative thinker and profoundly honest individual… But true credit to our legal profession.Mikhael invited me to the grand opening event of Donald Trump’s latest Sunny Isles high-rise. Because this particular part of Miami is heavily populated by affluent Russians, the crowd was distinctly from the former Soviet republics, and Mikhael was very much in his environment. He introduced me to a number of colleagues and clients from his part of the world, and a recurrent theme emerged: the pitfalls and dangers many had encountered and are encountering in making decisions …

Announcing the $100,000 EB-5 Regional Center

In the past one month I have reviewed the following:-An EB-5 Project structuring quote, already signed off on by the in-house and external construction counsel of one of the nation’s leading builders, where an EB-5 Regional Center owner was trying to charge a one time $200,000+ fee for including the project into their existing, dated, now-administratively-noncompliant regional center.-a Chinese client trying to form a regional center project who’s paid over $100,000 many months ago to a US attorney who has done absolutely nothing and refuses to refund the fees paid.-a communication from a Chinese agent who is aggressively being marketed an EB-5 project which #1 is NOT approved for EB-5 funding nor is it USCIS approved and #2 whose very high-profile principals (who, coincidentally, I happen…