I rented mostly really tiny studios, so there were few couples, but the ones I had apply after the above example all had decent credit or no credit - I had a lot of immigrant techies apply and I didn't worry if they had zero credit.

Some weeks our checks from criminal restitution payments exceeds the coin collections...Leasing the coin op businesses to hard working immigrant families was the best thing I ever did with these ventures.

The biggest problem you will run into is if you hire an illegal immigrant, or if the company you hire uses an illegal immigrant.

Some of the early immigrants would lift the foundation of the property and put in a downstairs apt.

They don't like legal problems and they usually keep up the property better.They can deal with business (rent payment) matters better, because they are cash basis are cautious about bank loans because they are on cash basis so much.How can you be creative and help an immigrant be a homeowner?

Not sure what immigration would say about your move to U.S. unless something that you have that can get you a way to stay state side.

By Thai law you have to announce every guest staying in your room and file a document to the immigration (including a copy of the house registration with signature of owner).

The upside is, if you can get something at the right price, it'll on-sell or rent quite easily, as the population is expanding rapidly.Apartments seem to be doing a return to popularity, again possibly because a lot of the immigration prefers these type of dwellings.

We are seeing growth from the energy boom as well as immigration.

The EB-5 program is used a lot for hotel development because it instantly meets the minimum number of permanent jobs created by the investment and a lot of hoteliers are immigrants.