Acts as a middleman
Do not invest in their own projects, letting clients absorb all the risk
Profits from raising and loaning out EB-5 funds
Higher risk and lower return for investors
Do not have control over project success
Principal owner of each project
Shares risk and financially invests own capital in every EB-5 project
Profits from project success
Lower risk and higher return for investors
Vertically integrated with developer and operator to control project savings