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Scholar-in-Residence Gary Friedland discusses his research on EB-5 real estate investments, co-authored with Professor Jeanne Calderon

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Excerpt from The Orange County Register -- "Orange County currently has eight EB-5 projects getting $404 million from EB-5 investors. Ninety percent of that investment is at the $500,000 level. That makes sense: If your choice is to invest $500,000 or $1 million to get the same green card, you’re going to choose the smaller investment, said Gary Friedland, a lecturer and research scholar at New York University who co-authored a study of EB-5 projects. 'It’s a no-brainer,' he said. “That’s why the developers do cartwheels to make sure their development qualifies as a TEA.'"

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