It’s a cute area with houses set back from the street, a trend created by Belgian immigrants who settled here and continued their tradition of having gardens in the front yards.A lot of urban farmers are interested in this neighborhood.

Nope, it's not at all crazy for a tenant to own investment properties or (technically this next one is fraud) a property they purchased in their name as an owner occupant for their cousin Billy to live in (1st/2nd gen immigrants often do this, or at least try to, sometimes without even realizing this is fraud... and then I say something like "Uh, your LO and agent when you, who speaks English as a second language, purchased this place, that you now want to refinance, told you WHAT?!?!").

In addition there is an awesome coffee house called Kushnaya Cafe that was established by a recent Russian immigrant who has purchased properties in the area.

Canada has had some great immigration success...they allow immigration based on skill and need. 

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.

Open carry means one of two things: That section of town is nicknamed Little Beirut or the likes of - Its a small mountain(think Deliverance) town where nothing happens as most of the country / world doesn't even know of it existing, yet everyone from the minister to the mortician open carries.

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.