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The tuition fee for overseas student at the public or private universities could range 3 to 10 times of the local students with American identity. However, if these overseas student gain their local identity by becoming an investor immigrant, the fee they saved for those 4 years tuition could be as much as their minimum investment amount which is $500,000 easily. Worth it or not?
Let us take a look. The immigration attorneys typically will charge 10% of the total investment which maybe justified as they have to follow up with the process for up to 3 year long. However, looking at the current real estate market, many properties had fallen to the 2000 level. Again this have to be dependent on the location.
Lafayette is a prestigous district that is only half an hour drive from UC Berkeley. The medium price of Lafayette has dropped 23% from the year of 2006. In the year 2006, the medium price is $16,141,000 and in the year 2011, the medium price is $1,240,000 and the lowest possible sold price is $820,000 which is never possible to find in the year 2006.
Overseas investors: maybe this is your golden chance to invest in America NOW.
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