I noticed your location is London UK.

(In California, illegal immigrants are legal!!!)

. $950/month renters in that area will likely be people whose credit/background info don't qualify them for better parts of town.On the plus side, that is a huge multi-ethnic area - I'm talking off-the-boat immigrant communities (hence all the ethnic groceries in the area).

Further, much of the crime problems can be linked to illegal immigrants and drug cartels.

First off, I need to look into the RE licensing criteria here to see if I qualify as I am (or will soon be) on an L-2 (non-immigrant) visa (i.e.

I have just recently returned to the States from completing my MSc program in Translation Studies (Russian and Spanish) in the UK (University of Edinburgh).

Interesting, but China does have 1/5 of the worlds population, and US is an immigration country, so I am not surprised by the 18% figure.

That said, can ANYONE please explain why we need "immigration reform" so that ten million people can stay here to do "jobs Americans won't do" while we simultaneously have ten million people receiving welfare?

I have a passport, but there really is no where I can immigrate to.

I found a great article here: http://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/using-a-company-to-save-tax-on-rental-income/ (hope I can post links, not my content)But it is only relevant to the UK.