Picture this, household income avg family say $ 120,000, that florida family has a 350k mortgage, 50k in student loans, they are mid 30's, car debt 25k  on the   mini van, another  5k on Visas, so  lets say around 450k in debt.   

That means that he's likely on an H1B visa and any kind of legal trouble can create major problems for him. 

So I’d say my small win was just paying off my visa entirely yesterday which will get me that much closer to my goals!

So if gov is opening more h1b visa and or more accepting immigrant, all these California outflow doesn't really matter LOL :)

I own a property I bought with cash that I call "a structure" and the fiancee calls "the crack house" that is undergoing renovations, but was only $25k to buy it and should be worth $85k after about $20k is put into it.

It is a long story but Ricardo is an adopted son who is a native from Costa Rica but he recently secured his visa to work at Microsoft.  

I just looked up Fiancee of America and looks promising.

My fiancée and I just bought our first duplex that is already occupied.

Yes, we are still in escrow…but after a long and emotional conversation with my fiancee this afternoon, we have decided that although it would be a dream to own this piece of raw land, it just doesn’t make sense to take on a liability at this time in our lives, let alone one that we're 90% excited about.A bit of context: my fiancee and I have a dream of one day owning a chunk of land that we can take care of and build a nest on.

If they are on a student or work visa, then they likely would have been subjected to a criminal background in order to obtain the visa.