Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa October/ November 2019 | Page 13

DANIEL RYAN
DANIEL RYAN’S TOP 10 TIPS FOR
INVESTORS:
1. Perform extensive and stringent
property due diligence
2. Utilize sound and sophisticated
financial models
3. Always include “worst-case
scenario” in analysis
4. Location, location, location
5. Extensive criminal and financial
background checks of property
sponsors
6. Work only with people with high
integrity
7. Always do the right thing, even
though it may be hard
8. Integrity and credibility are of
utmost importance
9. Honesty
10. Transparency
Acting as a watchdog and improving the lives of those around
him is what motivated Ryan to join AAP and help African
investors to earn their green cards. “We are not the property
developer; but rather a private equity fund money manager
and watchdog for EB-5 investor’s investment and in making
sure they obtain green cards. We have a proven track record
with EB-5 Private Equity management and 100% approval rate
for our investor’s receiving conditional and permanent green
cards; return of principal on multiple offerings, and additional
capital gains received by our EB-5 investor’s by owing a limited
partnership position in each of our diversified commercial real
estate investment funds made up of 24 properties from mixed
property investment types.”
AAP Opportunities Fund II made a $12 000 000 investment
in a redevelopment of Tampa, Florida’s historic federal
courthouse into the Le Meridien. The Marriott 5-star Hotel
in Upper Mid-Town Atlanta, Georgia, is the next promising
investment opportunity for AAP. But their focus is not solely on
luxury hotels or apartments. Ryan talks about the promise of
investing in affordable and student accommodation, which are
in high-demand in the US, similarly to South Africa. Next is “a
new Student Housing rental Community adjacent to a highly
regarded university in the very near future.”
There are many benefits to dual-citizenship, but Ryan
focuses on the main attraction for many South Africans. “I
would say 90% of the people are doing this for their children
and for their education. This is high quality public education
at no cost, that’s a huge plus. The money you would spend on
private schools here is what you can invest and receive returns
on and educate your kids for free.”
Ryan gleams with pride as he recites countless stories of
clients who have taken advantage of the dual-citizenship
awarded by the EB-5 visa programme. “We have some in-
credible stories of people who have come to America. The folks
who end up coming to America have succeeded quite well and
so have their kids, they end up becoming PhD holders.”
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