IIUSA (the trade body for regional centers) and Greenberg Traurig are desperately trying to save the regional center program from being shut down!

Crooks are like Opium Addicts, they always need their fix of OPM (Other People's Money). I've learnt that Greenberg Traurig (which by some accounts is said to be the lobbying firm with the sleaziest clients in D.C.) is now trying to use gay Democrat Congressman Jared Polis (don't birds of a feather flock together?) and a few other similarly ethically challenged Congressmen to protect regional centers from being permanently shut down next year. The problem is, the folks at GT seem to be unaware that come November, we will have a vastly reshaped House and Senate that will be filled with Republicans out to sabotage Hillary's presidential campaign for 2016, and the easiest way to do it is by prosecuting cases of fraud and abuse of process in regional centers such as GCFM and SLS casinos. As it is, not only ICE, now the entire DHS is up in arms against regional centers after Alejandro Mayorkas (probably the MOST CORRUPT man in the entire DHS) has repeatedly violated the laws and helped regional centers get EB-5 visas illegally and fraudulently, and right now, the odds of Polis getting unseated are quite high due to his picking up fights with the Energy industry in CO. Moreover, even practically speaking, measures are being implemented to make it impossible for regional centers to carry on with their fraud and conflict anymore, and in practical terms, the by-product of those steps will be the natural death of regional centers.

What regional center owners still don't seem to understand is that the days of ignorance are GONE, and today EB-5 visa investors prefer Direct Investment Businesses and avoid regional centers due to the 20 month wait and 1% annual return with almost certain capital loss, terrible exit strategies and rampant fraud and conflict of interest that is seen in pretty much every single regional center. I don't think even a single regional center CEO can honestly state that they have not violated or attempted to violate securities laws, and I also don't believe that we can find even 1 regional center where fraud and conflict of interest do not exist. In simple terms, EB-5 visa investors strongly prefer capital gains and decent income during the process of getting their green cards, and will NOT settle for paltry returns and almost certain capital losses (caused due to fraud and conflict of interest) anymore.

We see many "Due diligence experts" who claim to know how to do due diligence for regional center (or even Direct Investment) investment opportunities, and these phonies give false assurances to EB-5 visa investors that regional center investments are safe and great. These so-called experts seem to be turning a blind eye to the fraud and conflict of interest that can be so easily seen in over 98% of the cases, be they regional centers or even so-called Direct Investments such as the fraudulent and conflict of interest ridden offerings of Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ (by Fred Burgess and Joe Sloboda) or Carl's Jr. by David Tashroudian or Marcos Pizza by Mr. Hall (to cite just a few examples of extremely risky franchise offerings). An easy way to do due diligence is to ask the HARD Questions, which so-called due diligence experts such as Michael Gibson, Wassem Amin, Mark Ivener, etc.

Some of the  ways these so-called experts seem to be negligent (and potentially liable for damages too) are:

1) They failed to advise EB-5 visa seekers that regional centers were illegally offering and selling securities overseas.
2) They failed to advise EB-5 visa seekers that regional centers were engaging in conflict of interest.
3) They failed to advise EB-5 visa seekers that regional centers were committing securities fraud by failing to fully and truthfully disclosing all material facts.
4) They failed to advise EB-5 visa seekers that approval times for regional centers were far longer than those for Direct Investment Businesses.
5) They failed to advise EB-5 visa seekers if they received any remuneration from regional centers, and if so, how much?


All EB-5 visa seekers should ask the following questions of regional centers and partnerships to detect and prevent fraud:

1) What is the mean and median amount of capital loss experienced by EB-5 visa seekers who invest in your regional center or partnership?

This is important because capital loss is very commonly experienced by EB-5 visa investors in regional centers and other partnerships, while none of our clients has experienced it, as we only offer Genuine Direct Investment Solutions to EB-5 visa seekers.

2) What is the mean and median processing time for regional center sponsored I-526 and I-829 petitions?

This is important as EB-5 visa petitions filed by regional centers and other partnerships now take about twice as long as Direct Investment businesses to get approved.

3) What is the mean and median lock in period for capital in regional centers?

This is important as EB-5 visa investors have easy exit strategies in our recommended businesses while they are stuck for years in regional centers.

4) What is the mean and median annual ROI that is offered by your partnership / regional center?

This is important as EB-5 visa investors usually earn a lot more in businesses recommended by us than in regional centers.

5) Are you willing to offer a sworn affidavit that you have not engaged in and won't in the future engage in conflict of interest?

6) Are the business founders, CFO and CEO willing to offer written guarantees of FULL disclosure of material facts on an ongoing basis as well as freedom from fraud and conflict of interest?

Avoid those who refuse to offer this guarantee in a notarised affidavit.

7) Are you offering and selling securities overseas in full compliance of US and overseas securities laws?

Avoid those who refuse to confirm this in a notarised affidavit.

8) Are the business founders, CFO and CEO willing to offer written guarantees of FULL refund of fees if the EB-5 visa petition is denied at any stage through no fault of the EB-5 visa investor?

Avoid those who refuse to offer this guarantee in a notarised affidavit.


EB-5 visa seekers should remember that Genuine Direct Investment businesses are THE BEST option to get the EB-5 visa quickly, safely and usually profitably for the following reasons:

1. Faster processing and approval times.
2. Easy exit strategy.
3. Investors usually get a much higher Return on Investment.
4. Investors usually get a much higher Capital gain, whereas regional center investors usually get capital losses.
5. Our clients have a 100% approval rate of I-526 and I-829, while those who choose regional centers or other partnerships don't.
6. Our clients have very little risk as we conduct extensive due diligence and work hard to prevent fraud and conflict of interest, whereas regional centers and partnerships are overrun with fraud and conflict of interest.
7. Full control of business and capital, which helps prevent fraud, conflict of interest and losses.

EB-5 visa investors need to remember that we offer THE BEST service when it comes to offering a turnkey solution for the following reasons:

1.  Our clients ALWAYS have full control of their business and their money. Those who choose regional centers and partnerships usually have to kiss their money goodbye, and are STUCK for 5-9 years.
2. We offer a written guarantee of freedom from fraud and conflict of interest, whereas our competitors usually don't offer this guarantee.
3. We offer a written guarantee of FULL disclosure of material facts on an ongoing basis, whereas our competitors usually don't offer this guarantee.
4. We offer a written guarantee of full fee refund in case a client is rejected due to our team's fault, while our competitors usually don't offer this guarantee because they are incompetent cowards who are unsure about the quality of their work.
5. Since 2004, our clients have NEVER been denied at the I-526 and I-829 stage, and have NEVER suffered operating or capital losses, and have usually earned over 22% annual Return on Equity because of our focus on due diligence and our extensive efforts to reduce risk by preventing fraud and conflict of interest. Try finding a regional center or partnership that boasts of this record.
6. We are quite objective in our assessments, and owe a fiduciary duty to our EB-5 visa investor clients, while those who sell regional center and partnership securities usually do not owe fiduciary duties to EB-5 visa investors. In plain words, we are required by law to put our clients interests first, and we do so because it helps us more than it helps our clients! We advise our clients diligently and help them make solid decisions.
7. We are probably the ONLY firm that actually encourages our clients to always stay in full control of their business and their funds at every stage as this helps us avoid escrow accounting and reduces potential for fraud, embezzlement and litigation.

If you're an EB-5 visa investor who wants to get their green card quickly, safely and in a usually profitable manner, please contact us. You'll be glad you did!

Yours truly,

Mohammed Shaikh, Licensed RE and Business Broker (CA & FL)

Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Online: htttp://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

First Sbarro threw in the towel, and now Quiznos got toasted. This is WHY I tell EB-5 visa investors to avoid investing in risky franchises such as Twistee Treats, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.

A few days ago, I wrote about the dangers of investing in risky franchises, and today I saw yet another example of a risky franchise going bankrupt. That is right, Quiznos got toasted.
What can EB-5 visa investors learn from these examples?

The first lesson is, do NOT trust someone who doesn't ow you a fiduciary duty. A licensed Business Broker (who also holds a RE Broker License) or an Attorney or CPA representing only the EB-5 visa investor can be trusted as their only loyalty lies with their client. A sleazy marketer such as Chaim Katzap or Kevin Jeffers or Joe Sloboda and Fred Burgess as well as other similar individuals who've illegally marketed and sold regional center securities are NOT to be trusted at all, as their track record shows they've caused enough EB-5 visa investors to lose time and money.

The second lesson is, do NOT trust someone who doesn't have real experience in discerning fact from fiction. It is quite common for EB-5 visa investors to trustingly believe so-called due diligence experts such as Michael Gibson or Wassem Amin, but the fact is, they either don't seem to know HOW to do due diligence, or simply choose to turn a blind eye towards glaring indicators of fraud.

Franchises can often be a great way to get EB-5 visas, but EB-5 visa investors need to watch out for fraud. I've seen Voodoo BBQ franchises offered by Joe Sloboda, where they didn't disclose their conflict of interest to EB-5 visa investors, and saw a similar situation with David Tashroudian and Carl's Jr. franchises too.

Papa John's or Dominos franchise may be great for EB-5 visa investors, while Marco's Pizza may be unsuitable. Similarly, 5 Guys may be suitable while Voodoo BBQ may be unsuitable. EB-5 visa investors should remember that they should seek objective advice from those who owe them fiduciary duties, and not from those who may have a conflict of interest, as unscrupulous franchise brokers and their affiliates try to solicit EB-5 visa seekers to invest in a business with a risky business model, in order to earn commissions from the franchisor at the expense of the EB-5 visa seeker.

An easy way to find out if a franchise is a good option or not, is to ask a lender bank if they will finance that franchise. If the lender says no, then the EB-5 visa seeker should avoid the franchise. Another easy way to find out is to ask the franchisor to provide audited financial statements from 10 of the closest franchisees to see what was the annual NOI per store, and in case the stores are making losses or very little profit, the EB-5 visa seekers should avoid the franchise. EB-5 visa seekers should also ask Franchise brokers and promoters to disclose in a notarised affidavit the commissions they will receive from all sources, in order to make an informed decision on whether to invest or not in a particular franchise. Finally, EB-5 visa seekers should seek the help of reputed and experienced Licensed Business Brokers who offer a written guarantee of freedom from conflict of interest to their clients, to help EB-5 visa seekers make an informed decision.

Our competitors usually don't offer written guarantees of full disclosure and freedom from conflict of interest, while we do so confidently and proudly. Our competitors don't have over 10 years of Business Brokerage and Advisory experience helping investors buy / start businesses to qualify for the EB-5 visa, while since 2004, we've helped 65 investors get their EB-5 visa.

We offer a full fee refund guarantee in case our client's EB-5 visa petition is denied due to our fault. We also offer a written guarantee of full disclosure and freedom from conflict of interest, and none of our clients has suffered operating losses or capital losses. For more information, please call or visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Unlike Joe Sloboda and Fred Burgess, whoat least till last year, didn't clearly disclose their financial interest in promoting their risky Voodoo BBQ franchise, we do NOT receive a penny from any franchisor for referring clients, so our EB-5 visa investor clients know that our advice is entirely objective and free of undisclosed financial interests.




If you're an EB-5 visa investor who wishes to get their EB-5 visa in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, please hire our team to guide you. You'll be glad you did.

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed RE & Business Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com
Phone: 407 535 0616

All Franchises aren't created equal! EB-5 visa investors should carefully select the franchise they invest in, as many franchises are unsuitable & often impaired by fraud and conflict of interest.

I got a call 2 days ago from an EB-5 visa investor who wanted to invest in either Sbarros or Marcos Pizza as some unscrupulous franchise broker wanted them to buy one of these franchises in order to get EB-5 visa.I told the gentleman to strictly avoid both and instead opt for a safer franchise. This morning the same EB-5 visa investor called me and thanked me and mentioned that I should see the news. I looked up Sbarros and was not surprised to see that Sbarros filed for bankruptcy protection.

Franchises can often be a great way to get EB-5 visas, but EB-5 visa investors need to watch out for fraud. I've seen Voodoo BBQ franchises offered by Joe Sloboda, where they didn't disclose their conflict of interest to EB-5 visa investors, and saw a similar situation with David Tashroudian and Carl's Jr. franchises too.

Papa John's or Dominos franchise may be great for EB-5 visa investors, while Marco's Pizza may be unsuitable. Similarly, 5 Guys may be suitable while Voodoo BBQ may be unsuitable. EB-5 visa investors should remember that they should seek objective advice from those who owe them fiduciary duties, and not from those who may have a conflict of interest, as unscrupulous franchise brokers and their affiliates try to solicit EB-5 visa seekers to invest in a business with a risky business model, in order to earn commissions from the franchisor at the expense of the EB-5 visa seeker.

An easy way to find out if a franchise is a good option or not, is to ask a lender bank if they will finance that franchise. If the lender says no, then the EB-5 visa seeker should avoid the franchise. Another easy way to find out is to ask the franchisor to provide audited financial statements from 10 of the closest franchisees to see what was the annual NOI per store, and in case the stores are making losses or very little profit, the EB-5 visa seekers should avoid the franchise. EB-5 visa seekers should also ask Franchise brokers and promoters to disclose in a notarised affidavit the commissions they will receive from all sources, in order to make an informed decision on whether to invest or not in a particular franchise. Finally, EB-5 visa seekers should seek the help of reputed and experienced Licensed Business Brokers who offer a written guarantee of freedom from conflict of interest to their clients, to help EB-5 visa seekers make an informed decision.

Our competitors usually don't offer written guarantees of full disclosure and freedom from conflict of interest, while we do so confidently and proudly. Our competitors don't have over 10 years of Business Brokerage and Advisory experience helping investors buy / start businesses to qualify for the EB-5 visa, while since 2004, we've helped 65 investors get their EB-5 visa.

We offer a full fee refund guarantee in case our client's EB-5 visa petition is denied due to our fault. We also offer a written guarantee of full disclosure and freedom from conflict of interest, and none of our clients has suffered operating losses or capital losses. For more information, please call or visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed RE & Business Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com
Phone: 407 535 0616

Are Regional Centers committing securities fraud by failing to disclose that seeking EB-5 visa through regional centers is literally a waste of time? What is the safest & fastest way to get EB-5 visa?

In the US, concealing material facts while offering securities is classified as the crime of securities fraud. At least 98% of regional centers actually commit securities fraud, and one example of their fraud is that they never disclose to EB-5 visa investors that they would get their EB-5 visas much earlier if they chose to apply in the Direct Investment Category. ICE (USA's largest investigative agency), says that all Regional centers should be shut down! (see http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com/EB5_ICE_fraud_memo.pdf)

DHS OIG also issued a report recommending significant restrictions on regional centers due to fraud, money laundering and other serious issues. USCIS had a joint conference call last year along with SEC, where they indicated significant concerns about securities law violations and fraud committed by regional centers against EB-5 visa investors. SEC also issued their own notice advising EB-5 visa investors to be cautious about dealing with regional centers due to fraud committed by regional centers and their unscrupulous affiliates. Most regional center affiliated individuals have aided, abetted, committed or conspired to commit conflict of interest, securities fraud, money laundering, securities law violations and other serious felonies. The results are delayed processing, low returns, capital losses and denial of permanent green cards.

Why do regional centers offer such bad results to EB-5 visa investors?

Regional centers usually pay a large amount of money paid as commission, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are done from related parties at inflated costs.

When a regional center is stealing instead of serving their investors, then capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

Why do our EB-5 visa investors usually see high return on equity, capital gains, 100% approval of I-526 and I-829, quick approval and no fraud and or conflict of interest?

As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own. EB-5 visa investors should NEVER trust those who don't owe them fiduciary duties.

This is why we recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
This is why we don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
This is why we advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
This is why we confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and will usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer.

Advantages of Genuine Direct Investment Business:

1. Faster processing and approval times.
2. Easy exit strategy.
3. Investors usually get a 15-35% annual Return on Equity.
4. Investors usually get Capital gains, whereas regional center investors usually get capital losses.
5. Our clients have a 100% approval rate of I-526 and I-829, which is a lot higher than regional centers or other partnerships.
6. Full control of business and capital, which helps prevent fraud, conflict of interest and losses.

For more details, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com and join our LinkedIn group 'EB-5 visa - Direct Investment Business'.

If you're an EB-5 visa investor, hire our team to help you. You'll be glad you did.

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Andrew Shepin is so worried about me warning EB-5 visa investors about fraud that he even asked a misleading question: is it possible to advise investors without a securities or financial advisor license.

Apparently Mr. Shepin does not realise that Business Brokers are definitely permitted to advise their clients, and I actually owe a fiduciary duty to my clients to advise them about fraud. As for my blogs where I warn EB-5 visa investors about deceitful and dishonest individuals and firms who try to cheat or mislead EB-5 visa investors, I can't help it if Mr. Shepin or other fraud supporters are distressed every time I name and shame deceitful individuals in public. The only reason I've NEVER been sued by those I publicly named and shamed (such as Serge Bauer, David Tashroudian, Anthony Rodham, Matt Gordon, Brian Su, Harry Reed, Alejandro Mayorkas, etc.) is simply because I don't make false allegations, and people I name and shame, know I can prove my statements quite easily and VERY embarrassingly. Several folks made blustering threats to sue me, but their bravado disappeared when they realised that I can and will expose them easily in court.

Mr. Shepin, your question is VERY misleading and the right question is: Are regional centers and their affiliates actually defrauding or attempting to defraud EB-5 visa investors? I know that my articles are harming the business of those who cheat, but it is better that crooks get exposed than EB-5 visa investors get cheated.

I just wish to tell you that there is a reason I have zero respect for those who try to mislead others. The internet is a very potent tool, and I know exactly what prompts your question. All I will say is, there is a difference between advising EB-5 visa investors, and promoting the advantages of my services in comparison those who wish to make a living cheating others. There is a difference between merely advising EB-5 investors and warning them about deceitful and dishonest individuals. When you learn to ask the right question, you will get the right answer. When you ask misleading questions, you simply expose yourself as someone who is not to be trusted. If you, like those who support fraud, believe my writings are illegal, feel free to report me. I am sure you will realise that it is not a crime to report crime or expose criminals, and you will only face failure in your exercise in futility.

It is sad to see that instead of supporting transparency and accountability, Mr. Shepin seems to be more interested in implying that I am advising investors, when all I do is warn them, and advertise the superiority of my business advisory services over those of my dishonest and deceitful competitors. The only time I actually advise is when someone is my paid client. Till then, I let people form their own conclusions. AFAIK, I don't believe I need a securities license to advise anyone about potentially fraudulent transactions, and if folks such as Andrew Shepin find it distressing that my writings warn EB-5 visa investors about how to avoid fraud and WHO to avoid, then they can go on to write to regulators about my actions. As it is SEC already had a black eye when another fellow CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) warned them in vain about Madoff's fraud for years, and Mr. Shepin and his regional center supporters will simply discover that this time around, the SEC wasn't so slow to react to a CFE's warnings, and actually has investigations against several of the folks I've named and shamed. I take pride in helping warn unsuspecting people from fraud, and if you feel my actions are illegal or unethical, feel free to write to the regulators. Every single day, people thank me for exposing fraud, and those who feel bad that I warn others about fraud can go sulk in a corner.

Why are SEC, FBI, DHS OIG, ICE and USCIS are acting against regional centers? Why has ICE actually recommended shutting down regional centers? Why are senators and congressmen investigating regional centers. The reason is simple: Regional centers usually engage in fraud and violate securities, AML and tax laws.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to get their EB-5 visa safely, (usually) profitably and quickly, should consider only Genuine Direct Investment Businesses. If you are an EB-5 visa investor, please visit our website and contact me.

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh

Looks like several regional center sponsored projects will be the subject of congressional and criminal investigations, while EB-5 visa investors' funds and applications are doomed to be stuck in limbo!

I just read an article released by a Greenberg Traurig attorney who seems to be warning regional centers about a new Congressional Investigation by Senator Coburn, who is now targeting several regional centers.
See link at Another Congressional Investigation targets regional centers.

For those who're unaware, Greenberg Traurig is the SAME law firm that was notorious for the Jack Abramoff scandal, and any Beltway insider can tell you about their reputation. Usually regional centers who've worked with Greenberg Traurig seem to have a rather undesirable track record when it comes to delivering results to EB-5 visa investors. EB-5 visa investors should remember that any entity dealing with Greenberg Traurig should be scrutinised VERY carefully, as the chances of fraud may be exponentially higher with them involved, as they seem to be giving out alerts every so often to folks looking involved in defrauding EB-5 visa investors.

This new investigation follows another scandal which was reported in an article online (see link http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/22/editorial-harry-reids-casino-luck/ ) about Harry Reid and Alejandro Mayorkas helping a regional center raise funds illegally.

Question is: WHY are Senators Grassley and Coburn (see http://www.cis.org/north/sen-coburn-asks-eb-5-questions-uscis-should-be-asking)  targeting regional centers who're defrauding EB-5 visa investors?

In short, the answer seems to be political payback, where the real targets are Senator Harry Reid as well as Democratic Presidential Contender Hillary Clinton. Of course, the action can't be seen to be targeted as part of a political vendetta, so a few other major crooks will be targeted too. As it is, when Harry Reid's name is linked to a casino where it is not very hard to find several securities law violations and immigration law violations, and the link is Harry Reid's son (who happens to be a lobbyist for Nazarian), it does not take a genius to get criminal convictions. When the conduit seems to be a dirty former prosecutor who now sits near the very top of DHS (just search online for "Alejandro Mayorkas + Vignali + cocaine + pardon"), it does not take long to get indictments. In the case of Hillary Clinton's kid brother, it is actually a whole lot easier to find securities fraud, money laundering AND securities law violations, and I believe the indictments will be timed just right for the 2016 presidential election campaign, and it will probably yield convictions of Terry McAuliffe, Anthony Rodham and some other notable names as well as a female African American attorney.

What is the safest way to get an EB-5 visa?

It is quite common for EB-5 visa seekers to encounter unethical and unscrupulous crooks who use a wide variety of marketing gimmicks and fancy sales presentations to defraud EB-5 visa investors. EB-5 visa seekers and immigration attorneys need to ask important questions to get facts that will help EB-5 visa investors in separating the unprofessional and dishonest people from the honest and ethical people.

As a rule of thumb, the safest, fastest and usually most profitable way to get an EB-5 visa is to start a business using either a premium franchise in businesses such as fast food, auto parts, family entertainment centers, child care, car rentals, etc. or non-franchise businesses such as skating rinks, produce markets, banquet halls / conference venues, used car lots, etc.

If someone offers EB-5 visa seekers an investment in a partnership or regional center as a way of getting the EB-5 visa, the EB-5 visa investor should insist on having the securities offering physically mailed or emailed from the US and returned by mail to a US address only, as this makes the issuer liable for compliance with US securities laws and holds them accountable for any fraud, as it is common knowledge that regional center and partnership promoters are heavily engaged in committing fraud against EB-5 visa investors, and having securities sold or offered subject to US laws helps in protecting the interests of EB-5 visa seekers. An EB-5 visa investor should also insist on having the securities offering be of at least $500,001, as this requires the securities issuer to offer CPA audited financial statements, which further helps to detect and prevent fraud.

A simple way for EB-5 visa investors to detect & prevent fraud is to demand the following safeguards from those who offer EB-5 visa related services:

1) A written guarantee by the top 5 officers of the regional center / partnership firm AND the marketer, confirming that they will clearly disclose all material information on an ongoing basis, as failure to do so is classified as SECURITIES FRAUD.

2) A written guarantee that the marketer and regional center / partnership officers will NOT engage in conflict of interest, and will procure goods / services and hire employees in a transparent and competitive manner.

3) A written guarantee to fully refund an investor's fees in case the investor's petition is rejected due to the fault of the regional center.

4) A full disclosure of the amount of capital that the firm's founders and investors have invested and the percentage of ownership stake and profits that they will get.

 Here are some more questions that EB-5 visa seekers should ask in order to make better informed decisions:


1) What is your role and how are you qualified to fulfil that role?

2) What is the license you hold and how does it qualify you?

3) What is your practical experience in EB-5 visa? How many clients have you helped so far and how long have you done so?

4) What is your track record? Have your clients experienced capital loss, visa loss or operating loss?

5) What do you do to help me avoid getting defrauded?

6) Do I fully own and control my business and capital?

7) What is the exit strategy?

8) What is the typical approval time?

9) Are you willing to offer a notarized guarantee saying that you will fully disclose all material facts in an ongoing manner and refrain from engaging in conflict of interest?

10) Do you offer a turnkey solution?

11) Do you expect me to pay for your mistakes, or will you refund my fees in case I'm denied due to your negligence and / or incompetence?

12) Do you have a strict policy of transparently and competitively hiring employees, or do you just hire related individuals who may be less qualified?

13) Do you have a strict policy of transparently and competitively procuring goods an services, or do you  procure them from related parties?

An honest service provider will never expect a client to pay for the mistakes and negligence of the service provider, and will always agree to fully disclose all facts. We believe in honesty, transparency and accountability, and we always put our client's interests ahead of our own, which is why we offer an unconditional guarantee that in case our client is denied due to our fault, we will cheerfully refund their fees. Our professional approach is why our clients have never suffered losses (be it operating loss or capital loss) and is also the reason why our clients have never been rejected.

The above is my opinion, PLEASE consult a qualified attorney for advice to confirm that the above is correct. If you're an EB-5 visa investor interested in getting your green card in a safe, quick and usually profitable manner without any conflict of interest and with easy exit strategies, please contact us. You'll be really glad you did.

Yours truly,
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Will states that received heavy snow be unfavourable destinations for EB-5 visa investors? Why should EB-5 visa investors choose Florida?

I read an article about areas that received heavy snow and ice experienced a dual shock on their economies by not only reducing their tax revenues but also breaking budgets that were quite stretched to begin with.See
Will states that received heavy snow be unfavourable destinations for EB-5 visa investors?

Another recent article also discussed how America's harsh winter caused a loss of BILLIONS of dollars to businesses located in areas that received heavy snowfall. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561105/Fragile-U-S-economy-takes-huge-hit-terrible-weather-costing-50-BILLION-thanks-thousands-flight-delays-schools-closing.html

This is a major part of the reason I advise clients to locate their business in Florida, as not only is Florida favourable in terms of business (no personal income tax, low rents, USA's commercial gateway to Latin America, etc.) but it is also favourable in terms of weather, where we rarely see nature disrupt lives to the significant extent that we've seen disruptions throughout the US for states in other parts of the US.

The question is, HOW does this continuous pattern of bad weather affect EB-5 visa investors and why is Florida the best destination for EB-5 visa investors?

Businesses located in areas that see their budgets and economies severely affected due to the weather tend to have lower economic activity and also tend to experience economic losses, whereas businesses in areas with pleasant weather tend to suffer less disruptions. Also, most immigrants tend to favour living in areas with mild weather like FL and not in areas with harsh winters such as NY, IL, etc.

The second important question is, WHAT is the best option for EB-5 visa investors?

In short, the answer is Genuine Direct Investment Businesses.

Advantages of Genuine Direct Investment Business started with our team's guidance:

1. Faster processing and approval times when compared to regional centers.
2. Easy exit strategy.
3. Investors usually get a 15% to 35% annual Return on Equity.
4. Investors usually get Capital gains, whereas regional center investors usually get capital losses.
5. Our clients have a 100% approval rate of I-526 and I-829, while those who choose regional centers or other partnerships don't.
6. Our clients have very little risk as we conduct extensive due diligence and work hard to prevent fraud and conflict of interest, whereas regional centers and partnerships are overrun with fraud and conflict of interest.
7. Full control of business and capital, which helps prevent fraud, conflict of interest and losses.
8. Full transparency and accountability, which is unavailable with our competitors.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com  and join our LinkedIn group 'EB-5 visa - Direct Investment Business'.

If you're an EB-5 visa investor, be sure to hire our team to help you. You'll be glad you did.

Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed RE & Business Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com
Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh Phone: +1 407 535 0616

Canada shut down their investor immigration program and Chinese investors are now looking at US to get EB-5 visas using Genuine Direct Investment Businesses!

Canada just cancelled their investor immigration program and for the last 2 days, Chinese Investors have been constantly bombarding me with phone calls.

My first piece of advice to EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy would be to  choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

It is easy for an EB-5 visa investor to profitably generate 10 jobs from a Genuine Direct Investment Business.

I recently read a few posts by anonymous regional center supporters who wish to mislead EB-5 visa investors by claiming that it is very hard to create 10 jobs profitably by investing in a Genuine Direct Investment Business. I can say with 100% confidence that usually, it is very easy to create over 10 jobs PROFITABLY by starting a Genuine Direct Investment Business, and if any of the spineless cowards who doubt me wish to test it, they are welcome to hire my team, put down their money and let me do a practical demo, so that the entire community of EB-5 visa investors see for themselves that Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are significantly better choices than regional centers in EVERY respect for EB-5 visa investors.

Why do Genuine Direct Investment Businesses offer better results than regional centers?

Regional centers are usually rife with fraud and conflict of interest, and they definitely violate securities laws too. As such, they are inherently unsafe, and USCIS statistics prove that only a minority of EB-5 visa investors who apply for permanent green card (I-829) are approved when they apply through regional centers.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy should choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

Regional Center owners such as Serge Bauer try to lie to, scare and confuse EB-5 visa investors in order to cheat them.

I recently read a misleading post by anonymous posters who seem to be disgruntled regional center owners, who dislike the fact that I educate EB-5 visa investors on how to avoid fraud committed by regional centers and unscrupulous individuals such as Joe Sloboda, David Tashroudian, etc, as well as to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and (usually) profitably. Even Serge Bauer, a regional center owner and supporter, seems unduly concerned about my actions to educate EB-5 visa investors on how to avoid fraud and get their EB-5 visa safely than he is worried about the fact that thousands of lives have been devastated due to the fraud and conflict of interest seen in regional centers (see the post under SLS casinos at https://plus.google.com/112575348683390296230 because Serge Bauer was such a coward that deliberately avoided posting a reply under the same post bearing his name, so that search engine results would not show up with information about his acts). EB-5 visa investors are free to read the post in it's entirety to see whether Mr. Bauer's words are those of an honest man or the words of a crook.

The sad truth is, there are more people trying to defraud EB-5 visa investors than EB-5 visa investors, and it is sad that instead of working to prevent fraud, lawyers are actually trying to commit fraud, and in instances such as this, we can see that an attorney even tried to falsely accuse me of acting illegally, whereas I was acting well within the boundaries of state licensing laws. This shows that Mr. Serge Bauer was not only acting illegally, but he is ignorant of state licensing laws too, and he is not averse to making false accusations to deflect attention from his actual illegal acts. Serge Bauer is concerned that I lied to uncover the fraud perpetrated by crooks, and I believe that he would be doing all EB-5 visa investors a huge favour by reporting me to the SEC for my acts of warning Eb-5 visa investors about fraud, so that the SEC can crack down on even more fraudsters such as a bunch of crooks in Texas.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy should choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

Is SLS Casino going to cause massive losses to EB-5 visa investors? WHY should EB-5 visa investors choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to safely, quickly & (usually) profitably get their EB-5 visa?

Casinos throughout the US are seeing massive losses, with many casinos cannibalizing each other's profits, and with the advent of online gambling, Brick and Mortar casinos are set to lose a lot more money. Las Vegas based Casinos are anyway seeing plummeting revenues and increasing losses due to competition from casinos opening in other states, and these losses are expected to increase.

It is likely that several crucial facts were NOT disclosed to EB-5 visa investor's in SLS Casino, and those unfortunate investors will probably end up losing their time, EB-5 visa and also their money too. In the US, failure to disclose material facts while offering or selling securities is known as SECURITIES FRAUD.
The most important Question is, "Did the Promoters and Marketers of SLS Casinos commit conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and securities fraud?" If the answer is, as I suspect, a resounding YES, then we may see a repeat of the Anshoo Sethi case, where the EB-5 visa investor funds are restored to the EB-5 visa investors, and their EB-5 visa revoked, denied or rescinded (depending on the circumstances). It is also possible that a certain L.A. based attorney and a L.A. based nightclub owner (who was anyway under investigation for other crimes), are indicted and convicted on the relatively easy to prove crimes of securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy, in what will be a very easy to prove RICO case. This case will probably be another classic example of WHY EB-5 visa investors should avoid regional centers and instead opt for Genuine Direct Investment Businesses.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy should choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

Has Serge Bauer of Maryland Regional Center actively defrauded EB-5 visa investors?

In 2012, Serge Bauer was directly asked " As a Regional Center attorney, are you willing to personally provide a sworn notarised affidavit made under the penalty of perjury that your regional center is free of fraud and conflict of interest, and discloses all material information to investors and also complies with securities / tax / foreign exchange laws governing the regional center's conduct in the US and abroad?" and he simply refused to do so, so I am sure we can all safely assume that he himself is was engaging in fraud too. (Mr. Bauer wrote on the 1st of February 2013, and claimed that "we have not accepted  subscribed any EB-5 investors nor accepted any deposits from any EB-5 investors." In that case, I stand corrected about the tense, as it may be more appropriate to use the past tense instead of the present tense. My doubts about Mr. Serge Bauer's ethics and the legality of his actions remain unchanged though. My questions for Mr. Serge Bauer at this point are:

1. Have you EVER attempted to illegally offer and / or sell securities to EB-5 visa investors, or otherwise help violate securities law violations or help those that did?
2. Did you EVER fail to disclose material facts to potential EB-5 visa investors?
3. Do you realise that during discovery, I will be subjecting you to the most invasive forensic audit, interrogatories, subpoenas and depositions you've ever seen to prove that you may have actually aided and abetted those who commit securities fraud, and may also have participated in a conspiracy to commit securities fraud and committed securities fraud, securities law violations and other felonies? This includes you as an attorney AND your regional center too, which means I will be going over your books and past communications, speaking with every single one of your clients to discover whether you speak the truth. Mr. Bauer doesn't realise that speaking the truth IS an affirmative defense and if I can uncover just how Anthony Rodham and Terry McAuliffe violated securities laws, committed securities fraud and laundered money, and also uncovered the conflict of interest by David Tashroudian and Joe Sloboda, as well as the shenanigans of Harry Reid & Sam Nazarian, he is incapable of hiding the truth from me, and I can easily expose him too. I don't do too many forensic audits nowadays, but I can go through discovery to expose him in a spectacular fashion, and speaking the truth has always been an affirmative defense.)

I have been blocked by Serge Bauer from posting on his LinkedIn forum as the truth actually hurts his business while it helps boost my business. A well informed EB-5 visa investor is actually my best customer, while a well informed investor is a regional center owner's worst nightmare.

Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that crooked officials such as Alejandro Mayorkas (who got a presidential pardon for a drug dealer caught with 800 pounds of PURE COCAINE) have aided and abetted fraudulent regional centers such as SLS and GCFM, fraudulently and ILLEGALLY obtain EB-5 visas.

Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that ICE (which is one of the largest Investigative Agencies in the US) has recommended that all regional centers be shut down due to fraud and money laundering.

Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that SEC, IRS, FBI, DHS OIG and now even USCIS have started cracking down on fraud committed by regional centers.

Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that Genuine Direct Investment Businesses usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud and conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy while regional centers and other direct models lock up funds for 5-10 years.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually. In dollar terms, an EB-5 visa investor who invests $500,00 in a Genuine Direct Investment Business usually earns $100,000 or more annually, while those who invest in regional centers are lucky to even get $5,000 annually. 
3. Our EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss of all or part of their capital.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see massive delays and approvals in 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while it is apparent that even when directly asked, regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say that they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually pay a large amount of money paid towards commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are done from related parties at inflated costs.

If a regional center promoter's first interest is stealing instead of serving their investors, then capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

Why do our EB-5 visa investors usually see high return on equity, capital gains, 100% approval of I-526 and I-829, quick approval and no fraud or conflict of interest?

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own. EB-5 visa investors should ask if the service provider owes them a fiduciary duty, and strongly suspect the motives of those who don't owe them fiduciary duties.

This is why we recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
This is why we don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
This is why we advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
This is why we confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors such as Serge Bauer, Brian Su, Daniel Lundy, etc. usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and will usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. We know that our team is quite competent, which is why we've no problems in offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Daniel B. Lundy is an attorney who finds it easy to make comments on LinkedIn EB-5 visa forums that block free speech.

Open letter to Mr. Daniel B. Lundy and Serge Bauer

My dear Mr. Lundy

I saw some of your comments on Serge Bauer's LinkedIn Forum, "EB5 visa group". I know that for a living, you aid and abet regional centers that are most likely committing securities fraud and securities law violations, and it is entirely your choice on how to earn your living. What you don't know is, I have been blocked by Serge Bauer from posting on his forum as the truth actually hurts his business while it helps boost my business. A well informed EB-5 visa investor is actually my best customer, while a well informed investor is a regional center owner's worst nightmare.

If you actually have a spine, why don't you and Jeff Wagner join my forum 'EB-5 visa - Direct Investment Business' and see if you can win a debate with me online. It is very easy for unethical folks who aid and abet crooks for a living to take potshots when they know I'm blocked from giving a fitting reply, but if you do happen to grow a spine, feel free to join me on a forum where we can debate. We will then let EB-5 visa investors at large decide on what is clearly the best option for EB-5 visa investors.

You tried to fact check me, and that is actually well and good. So, while you're fact checking, can you please let EB-5 visa investors know if my allegations about ALL regional centers violating securities laws and committing securities fraud are true or not? I know for a fact that I speak after having reviewed over 90% of all regional centers, and every single one I've reviewed over the past decade has actually violated securities laws, committed securities fraud AND laundered money too. Is that actually deniable? I don't think so. If you, who claims to have multiple regional center clients, can name even 4 (out of over 400) regional centers that have NOT illegally offered and sold securities (or intend to to do so), AND have not committed securities fraud (or are in the process of doing so), I and the entire EB-5 visa investor community would love to hear of them. FYI, failure to disclose material facts IS securities fraud.

By the way, even when Serge Bauer was directly asked " As a Regional Center attorney, are you willing to personally provide a sworn notarised affidavit made under the penalty of perjury that your regional center is free of fraud and conflict of interest, and discloses all material information to investors and also complies with securities / tax / foreign exchange laws governing the regional center's conduct in the US and abroad?" and he simply refused to do so, so I am sure we can all safely assume that he himself is engaging in fraud too. 


The only inaccurate statement I'd made was about a moratorium, when it actually was an unofficial delay based on a go slow approach adopted by USCIS officers who were appalled at the widespread fraud commmitted by regional centers. The mistake was based on an inaccurate statement that was relayed to me, and I will definitely accept that there was no moratorium, just a massive delay which we see till this date for regional center filed EB-5 visa petitions, as multiple agencies are collectively scrutinising the I-526 petitions filed by regional centers. 


EB-5 visa investors should remember that one small mistaken statement does NOT change the fact that for all intents and purposes, regional centers usually violate securities laws and commit securities fraud, and even Serge Bauer, the co-founder of a regional center, refused to provide an affidavit that he was not committing securities fraud or violating securities, tax and AML (Anti-Money Laundering laws).


Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that crooked officials such as Alejandro Mayorkas (who got a presidential pardon for a drug dealer caught with 800 pounds of PURE COCAINE) have aided and abetted fraudulent regional centers fraudulently obtain EB-5 visas.


Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that ICE (which is one of the largest Investigative Agencies in the US) has recommended that all regional centers be shut down due to fraud and money laundering.

Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that SEC, IRS, FBI, DHS OIG and now even USCIS have started cracking down on fraud committed by regional centers.


Regional center promoters and affiliates such as Serge Bauer, Daniel Lundy, Brian Su, etc. can't deny the fact that Genuine Direct Investment Businesses usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud and conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy while regional centers and other direct models lock up funds for 5-10 years.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually. In dollar terms, an EB-5 visa investor who invests $500,00 in a Genuine Direct Investment Business usually earns $100,000 or more annually, while those who invest in regional centers are lucky to even get $5,000 annually. 
3. Our EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss of all or part of their capital.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see massive delays and approvals in 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while it is apparent that even when directly asked, regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say that they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually pay a large amount of money paid towards commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are done from related parties at inflated costs.

If a regional center promoter's first interest is stealing instead of serving their investors, then capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

Why do our EB-5 visa investors usually see high return on equity, capital gains, 100% approval of I-526 and I-829, quick approval and no fraud or conflict of interest?

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own. EB-5 visa investors should ask if the service provider owes them a fiduciary duty, and strongly suspect the motives of those who don't owe them fiduciary duties.

This is why we recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
This is why we don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
This is why we advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
This is why we confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors such as Serge Bauer, Brian Su, Daniel Lundy, etc. usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and will usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. We know that our team is quite competent, which is why we've no problems in offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

EB-5 visa outlook and predictions for 2014 and 2015. Important facts for EB-5 visa investors to consider.

Here are my predictions for EB-5 visa investors for 2014 and 2015.

1. ICE's recommendation to shut down regional centers will be taken seriously and most if not all regional centers will be shut down by end of 2015.
2. Hundreds of EB-5 visa investors who failed to get their I-829 approved and are now out of status will be deported, resulting in massive lawsuits against regional centers as well as folks such as Brian Su, Thom Casebolt, Tyler McKay, Kevin Jeffers, Fred Burgess, Joe Sloboda and others who aided and abetted regional centers in committing massive securities fraud.
3. USCIS, SEC, IRS, FBI and ICE will issue several new regulations and increase regulatory oversight, resulting in further delays of regional center sponsored I-526 petitions from 18 months to 26 months.
4. Increased regulatory and compliance requirements will cause massive denials of regional center filed I-526 petitions for EB-5 visas due to securities law and fraud issues as regional centers
5. Number of Targeted Employment Areas (TEA) will sharply decrease due to improving labour market and sharp drop in unemployment numbers.
6. Chinese EB-5 visa Investors will see significant delay due to pending visa petitions.
7. Most EB-5 visa investors will refuse to deal with regional centers and ask for Direct Investment due to better returns and lower risk.

EB-5 visa investors should ask ALL EB-5 service providers who wish to provide advice or services to EB-5 visa investors, the following important questions and insist on getting the answers in writing in order to quickly weed out the frauds and crooks:

1) Will you be owing me a fiduciary duty if I signed up with you? If the answer is NO, then avoid them.

2) How many years of experience do you actually have with Direct Investments and how many EB-5 visa investors have you actually helped under the Direct Investment Category?

3) In the past, have you sold or marketed regional center securities to EB-5 visa investors? If the answer is YES, please avoid that individual, as it is quite likely that they have committed securities fraud and money laundering.

4) Are you willing to offer a written guarantee of full disclosure of material facts and freedom from conflict of interest?

5) Are you willing to offer a fee refund guarantee in case my case is denied due to your negligence or incompetence?

If a service provider or marketer will not owe you a fiduciary duty, then do NOT trust them at all. It is no secret that there is widespread conflict of interest and fraud going on against EB-5 visa investors, whether you see the example of Joe Sloboda marketing Voodoo BBQ without clearly disclosing his interests as a master franchisor and relationship with Fred Burgess, or the fact that EB-5 visa investors can get more established (and safer) fast food franchises to invest in, when compared to Voodoo BBQ, or the example of David Tashroudian, who wanted a wrap around agreement marketing Carl's Jr. Franchises to EB-5 visa investors, taking over 11 % of the revenues as royalties going into his own pocket, while Carl's Jr. (the franchisor) itself would only get 8.5%.

I do NOT get any money from any franchisor, so our advice on selecting a franchise is objective, impartial and based entirely on merits. I actually offer a written guarantee of freedom from fraud and conflict of interest, and also guarantee full disclosure of material facts, as not only is this good business practice, but by virtue of being a Licensed Real Estate and Business Broker, I'm required by law to do so. As I'm a Licensed Real Estate and Business Broker, I legally owe a fiduciary duty to my clients, which means that I ALWAYS have to place my clients interests ahead of my own.

Recently, DHS OIG also issued a report recommending significant restrictions on regional centers due to fraud, money laundering and other serious issues. USCIS had a joint conference call last year along with SEC, where they indicated significant concerns about securities law violations and fraud committed by regional centers against EB-5 visa investors. SEC also issued their own notice advising EB-5 visa investors to be cautious about dealing with regional centers due to fraud committed by regional centers and unscrupulous partnership promoters.

The fact is, most of the service providers in today's EB-5 services marketplace have aided, abetted, committed or conspired to commit conflict of interest, securities fraud, money laundering, securities law violations and other serious felonies. These range from Matt Gordon, David Tashroudian and Joe Sloboda's conflict of interest laden Direct Investment solutions offered to EB-5 visa investors, to the regional centers marketed by Brian Su and Kevin Jeffers, and the results are delayed processing, low returns, capital losses and denial of permanent green cards.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually pay a large amount of money paid towards commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are done from related parties at inflated costs.

If a regional center promoter's first interest is stealing instead of serving their investors, then capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

Why do our EB-5 visa investors usually see high return on equity, capital gains, 100% approval of I-526 and I-829, quick approval and no fraud or conflict of interest?

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own. EB-5 visa investors should ask if the service provider owes them a fiduciary duty, and strongly suspect the motives of those who don't owe them fiduciary duties.

This is why we recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
This is why we don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
This is why we advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
This is why we confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and will usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. We know that our team is quite competent, which is why we've no problems in offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

Advantages of Genuine Direct Investment Business:

1. Faster processing and approval times.
2. Easy exit strategy.
3. Investors usually get a 15-35% annual Return on Equity.
4. Investors usually get Capital gains, whereas regional center investors usually get capital losses.
5. Our clients have a 100% approval rate of I-526 and I-829, which is a lot higher than regional centers or other partnerships.
6. Full control of business and capital, which helps prevent fraud, conflict of interest and losses.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

If you're an EB-5 visa investor, be sure to hire our team to help you. You'll be glad you did.

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com