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Comment on New Regional Center (OK, TX) by Joe Whalen

Joe Whalen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:10:40 +0000

Here’s my two-cents on this topic.

While there are not many extremely large RCs, this latest one is not the first. These require a large up front investment in planning efforts.

They must cover all the proposed industry categories across variable geographic settings. Industry “A” must be either limited to a specific type of geographic setting or must have comprehensive economic analyses with multiple settings accounted for.

For instance: Industry “A’s” impacts in an urban setting vs. rural vs. suburban vs. coastal. vs. desert vs. mountainside etc… (whatever) and then the same for industry “B’s” etc… It’s not cheap to do and thus there are not many of them. However, these will have greater flexibility when outside forces cause material changes to their plans and projects. Since they have plenty of “wiggle room” due to plenty of advance planning, they have the security of their larger geographic areas, a variety of “kinds of businesses”, and this means a broader “scope” for “contingencies”.

Read my articles and essays about concepts like “Transparent Complexity” and “Within the Scope” analysis and one of my favorite sentiments: Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail!

http://www.slideshare.net/BigJoe5 and http://eb5info.com/eb5-advisors/34-silver-surfer

Comment on RC List by New Regional Centers (AZ, CA) « EB-5 Updates

New Regional Centers (AZ, CA) « EB-5 Updates — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:19:15 +0000

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Comment on “On hold at USCIS headquarters” by John

John — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:53:15 +0000

Thank you.

Comment on “On hold at USCIS headquarters” by Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)

Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:51:51 +0000

I think I’m correct in saying that no one knows what the exact issues are except for the USCIS people, who have declined to make a statement in the two recent conference calls. Based on the few cases I’ve seen held and the ones I’ve seen go through, I don’t think the issue could be a specific methodology (e.g. IMPLAN or RIMS II); so I guess it’s a matter of how the methodology is used. Honestly we know that there are many grey areas and even points that deserve to be challenged in many econ analyses out there — the question is just which of these points are being highlighted currently. Existing Regional Centers should be thankful that USCIS is taking its time to discuss what to do about the challenges raised by its economists, because the decision will have far-reaching implications. Many existing RCs have investors filing/filed with econ reports very similar to the ones currently being reconsidered, and who knows what will happen to those cases if these challenges are upheld.

Comment on “On hold at USCIS headquarters” by John

John — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:44:37 +0000

Huh? From the way the service refers to the matter, they make it sound like they’re all one class of issues, such as one particular economic approach (which some people on the calls seem clued into, but which I’m clueless about) and I’m just wondering what those are.

Comment on Info from 1/23 Stakeholder Engagement by John

John — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:54:27 +0000

Does anyone know what the “economic issues” that are holding up all these I-924′s are?

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“On hold at USCIS headquarters” « EB-5 Updates — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:32:52 +0000

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Comment on Acquiring Real Estate as EB-5 Investment? by Info from 1/23 Stakeholder Engagement « EB-5 Updates

Info from 1/23 Stakeholder Engagement « EB-5 Updates — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:31:05 +0000

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Comment on New AAO Decision (RC application denial) by Acquiring Real Estate as EB-5 Investment? « EB-5 Updates

Acquiring Real Estate as EB-5 Investment? « EB-5 Updates — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:29:04 +0000

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Acquiring Real Estate as EB-5 Investment? « EB-5 Updates — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:26:41 +0000

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