Question:
How can I split my $1 million investment between land purchase and working costs? I am planning to be an EB-5 investor (direct investment) and would like to invest $1 million for a residential home development. What problems, if any, will I run into if I want to use $600,000 to purchase the land and $400,000 to cover working capital (salaries for 10 workers, materials, outsourcing suppliers, etc.)? At the end of two years, what do the EB-5 requirements say I must do with any profits exceeding my initial $1 million investment?
Answers:
First seek the services of an experienced EB-5 immigration attorney . Second with the coordination of the economist and business plan writer, and operator.
Forget it. It won't work because merely building one residence is excluded from EB-5 completely by regulation. 8 CFR 204.6(e) definitions:
Commercial enterprise means any for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of lawful business including, but not limited to, a sole proprietorship, partnership (whether limited or general), holding company, joint venture, corporation, business trust, or other entity which may be publicly or privately owned. This definition includes a commercial enterprise consisting of a holding company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, provided that each such subsidiary is engaged in a for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of a lawful business. This definition shall not include a noncommercial activity such as owning and operating a personal residence.