There is a large immigrant community in this area.

I’m Svetlana, my husband and I are 1st-generation immigrants raising children here in the US - some brainstorming lead us to real estate investment as a tool to secure our family financial future.

If you are looking for SFR for buy and hold rental properties, you may find some good options in Lambertville and Flemington, especially where there is an immigrant population looking for inexpensive housing.

A friend of mine who bought a 32 unit building chose to only rent to illegal immigrants, who doesn't understand their rights, and tells them he would report them to immigration if they gave him any trouble.

Certain area has their own uniqueness, for example, SF in Milwaukee (another of my own OOS) has duplex features in two floors approach , they created solely for househacking, the old immigrant that built to these neighborhood 80 years ago, having the same layout top and bottom for househacking.

You're not the immigration department, the patriot department nor the welcome-wagon.

Lowell has a strong resemblance to Jersey City and Union City, New Jersey, cities where we invested before… old industry towns, older but solid properties, working class population and a strong immigrant flavor as well.

Now do the impact of the falling US birth rate and the cutbacks to immigration.

I can answer only for Israel as I am an Israeli that immigrated to the US about three years ago.The reason Israeli's are interested in investing in the US is because there aren't any good investment opportunities in Israel.

Except the immigrants, everyone is too good for anything that looks like less than an attractive lifestyle.