Many hispanic folks from Mexico come into the Dallas area, and yes many are undocumented (illegal) immigrants, yet they run businesses successfully and make great contributions to the DFW area.     

I came across this interesting article in the Financial Times recently.The basic premise of the article is while home ownership is falling among US citizens, among immigrant families, the rate is high and has been increasing steadily."

The Iraqi immigrants have no problem finding a real estate agent or landlord who speaks their language.

But, similar to MFH and SFH the returns are much better if you can scale up and payoff the properties.There are many other issues, labor shortages due to the immigration reform debate, hydroponics, etc.

I would love to partner on SFR fix and flips and eventually move into med-large multifamily buy and holds.My grandfather (a hard working immigrant from China with a fifth grade education) went from rags to riches by investing wisely in RE.

Her immigration and work status were probably the issue.

He said, " It doesn't matter if you're black, white, man, woman, immigrant or native, all you need to invest in real-estate is DESIRE!"

Immigration, in large part, is why the US continues to see an increase. 

Maybe some immigrants.

He has continuously lied about the time frames of his "visitors", one I think is actually an illegal immigrant from Canada, has told many stories that just don't add up... and now I find out he's an ex-felon.