Immigration from an economic standpoint is almost always a net positive.

Unemployed illegal immigrants cannot get a mortgage.Gainfully employed very recent lawful immigrants often have a very hard time getting a mortgage. 80% of loan originators wouldn't even know where to start, so if they just walked into BofA and were told "no" by whoever wasn't busy (IE, the crappiest guy in the branch... there's a reason he wasn't busy), they might have given up on ownership.Unemployed recent lawful immigrants cannot get a mortgage.I wouldn't assume that the recent immigrant was a dead-beat.

The good news was, they do give mortgage loans to legal immigrants without any credit history but at a higher rate and shorter term.

I called some local property management and they said that area was a C/D area. apparently it used to be known heavily for drug use but now it seems to be mostly immigrant farm workers.

In the El Paso area are population is increasing however it is due to births and immigration, migration out of the city is very high for high wage jobs.I am considering investing in this area beyond my primary home and these graphs are alarming, on one hand it spells opportunity for a lower price but other hand not much opportunity for investing if this continues.How should I view this situation?

Looking to partner up to start buying - fixing - renting out and flipping properties.We have not set a location yet but preferred locations would be Florida, Texas, North Carolina but all suggestions are welcome.Also advise on good immigration lawyer is welcome.I'll be coming over to the US in 2 weeks and like to meet some great people.Thanks a lotFrederic

Outside of that, still trying to work out long term effects.I could potentially wait longer to see if the currency rebounds but opinion seems to be that with less immigration, along with changes so landlords can no longer write off mortgage interest, prices will drop.There's been some Vancouver BP meets, organized by @Matthew Jarvis  so try and get yourself along if you can!

If contractors feel anything less than those rates are for "unlicensed immigrant workers" like he said, I may be on the wrong side of this business equation.

If you're really having problems finding a lender that knows this, it may simply be because Georgia doesn't have a particularly large immigrant population (I'm in CA, so this is normal for us - everything from Italians to Koreans to Mexicans).If you are in the country unlawfully but have an ITIN, you will need to search far and wide for an "ITIN Mortgage Lender."

:PPlease do share and share alike - I have a lot to learn in this market for sure + anyone reading this will get a fuller picture.My initial reason for purchase here was not for investment reasons, it was for immigration.