And of course everyone is aware of the recent rate increases, and the likelihood of more to come. (3) China's President Xi is getting increasingly desperate to quash the outflow of capital, much of which landed in cash-only real estate purchases in North America, with a particular emphasis in California. (4) President Trump's immigration and trade policies (*whatever* they may be) appear likely to dampen foreign investment. (5) California's high earner/highly educated demographic is in negative growth; i.e., they're emigrating.Of course every part of the country faces most of these same changes and tendencies.

Any worry about being chucked out of the country due to immigration crack downs?

I remember when I bought my first rental properties the seller was an immigrant from Brazil. this was 2001 and he started investing in the 70s.

After that time, they decided to reject me because of my temporal work visa immigration status.But, the story didn't end there; As always, I continued saving even though there was no way I was able to pay for the asking price; but because they lost so much time deciding on the loan; they took the house back to the market on a high discount price; which matched my savings; allowed me to buy the property free and clear :)Now, back to getting the money for your purchase; my recommendations are to to look for local credit unions (GECU at El Paso) and small mortgage banks (Rocky Mountain Mortgage Company at El Paso).

One way for EB5 eligible project to get equity funding is by reaching out to immigration lawyers to see if their affluent clients will invest in the project in exchange for their immigration status, in this case, Green Card.

And let's not forget immigration, which isn't going away either.All in all, the population and tenant base will continue to grow here and industry and local investors I know are far more optimistic than the media pundits are (big surprise). 

G'Day BiggerPockets,I will be immigrating to the States in July and currently contemplating what the best investment strategy would be for someone in my situation.

I immigrated to the US through CT and got married in CT.

It's very common here to be purchasing leaseholds (as opposed to freeholds) on property, which requires the solicitor to also act on behalf of the freeholder.

Thanks You heard from the solicitors of SDIRAs and Solo 401ks.As an accountant I'm going to talk about the actual impact financially and what you can do to minimize it.