EB-5 visa - WikipediaIt's a way to park money especially if that money is somewhat ill gotten. My friend in real estate in nyc was telling me how a lot of the foreign buyers are Chinese who were made wealthy through govt. ties over there and those ties are volatile as hell when govt. changes , you don't get the same favors as because. So what they do is park money in the US and I also hear that you can get your green card and on pathway to US citizenship that way since buying real estate for a certain amount is considered "investment" in the American economy.