The art of picking the right
EB-5 project
What EB-5 investors should think about when doing their due
diligence check list for selecting an investment project,
including focusing on job creation, the return of investment,
timing, and redeployment strategies.
By Marko Issever
D
ue diligence for an EB-5 project is about analyzing
the ins and outs of the project chosen for green card
qualification, focusing on the immigration, financial and
business aspects.
When making their ultimate decision, investors should take
an analytical approach and focus on certain important
considerations in each categor y. This list could be
augmented to arrive at an overall score for each project.
Each category, besides being weighted, would have its own
independent criteria. Investors can assign two numbers to
each criterion within a category:
• The first number should be weight. Within the specific
category, the more the criteria is of concern to the
investor, the higher its corresponding weight.
• The second number should be rating. In comparison
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