Purchase price: $369,597 Sale price: $475,000 New construction buyer deported due to expired visa.

@Edgar JimenezI found a call center in Nicaragua with deported Americans who spoke the best English I’ve found for $10 /hour.

People who are here legally have to tread carefully because they can be deported if arrested, so illegals that have any sense keep their head down and don't do anything that will bring them into the court system.Jennifer T. 

A felony can get them deported and their whole business destroyed.

Mine used someone elses name on the permits without me checking then he got deported before finishing the job. 

A year ago I was deported to Mexico.

The Mortgage Bankers Association believes that Hispanic borrowers often steer clear of mainstream lenders due to deportation fears and their dependence on cash transactions.

Oh I know, it means NOT LEGAL. no matter how you phrase it.You have no way to go after these people, you can not see their past, if they have torn up other buildings, they might be deported.

Isn't self deportation a win, win, win?

deals 7 and 8 had a partner - he found the home, I fixed it up, managed the rehab, he sold it, we split the net profit...these were ok deals we split $20,000 on each deal but they took 5 months and 9 months respectively due to issues with contractors doing shoddy work....so if you figure our profit at an hourly rate these were not barn burners...but hey it's $20,000 I didn't have before, so I am fine with that#8 paid $265K used hard money, spent ZERO on rehab, wholesaled it in 12 days for $360,000, that was a nice one (sad back story on this one, owner of the property was busted for selling drugs and arrested, then deported to Mexico, so wife took over the drug selling biz...then she got popped, in order for me to be able to close on the home, Escrow had to go to the jail to have the wife sign, then hire a mobile notary to drive down to the SD/Mexico border to have the husband sign) death, divorce, drugs, disease....the 4 D's that create real estate opportunities, sad but true#9 paid $205K used hard money, spent $25K on rehab, sold for $300,000#10 paid $90K for 3/2 SFR, used hard money, spent $3500 on rehab, rented out for $800/month, slight negative cashflow currently (-$150/month), market value is $130K now, plan on refinancing into better loan in 3 months, will cashflow $300/month after the refi#11 paid $108K for 3/1 SFR used hard money, spent $3000 on rehab, rented out for $850/month, slight negative cashflow currently (-$190/month, market value is $140,000 now, plan on refi into better loan in 3 months, will cashflow $150-$200 after the refi#12 paid $125,000 for 4/2 SFR used hard money, spent $0 on rehab, house already had a tenant in it paying $900/month, will be raising rent to $1150/month, market value is $160,000, plan on refi into better loan in 3 months, will cashflow approx. $500/month after the refi#13 invested $50,000 with my parents to buy a triplex, for $530,000, property cashflows $1000/month from day one, and value has increased to $650,000--------------------------------in current pipeline/in escrow - thru these deals I've made good friends and I've made my hard money lender some good money, hard money lender let me know he has $5,000,000 +/- sitting in the bank looking for houses to invest in, and he's given me the green light.