Shepherd Capital Funding offers specialized solution for EB5 Bridge Financing Needs...

March 5, 2012 - PRLog -- In nearly 90% of all real estate projects the use of interim financing, such as construction loans, to begin projects before the EB-5 capital is invested, is crucial to the success of the project. Once the investors commit their capital, the EB-5 money is then used to repay the interim or bridge financing.

Shepherd Capital Funding offers a specialized solution for developers who are seeking EB5 funding for their project, and need bridge financing to successfully begin, develop, and fund their project.

A father and son team based in sunny Miami, FL, Shepherd Capital is a full-service investment consulting and EB-5 strategic and management consulting firm, whose mission is to utilize their experience to be an innovator in the world of EB5 project and investment consulting by providing companies with an unprecedented investment experience. "Through our close relationships with EB-5 marketing firms, experienced economists, immigration attorneys, securities attorneys, Regional Centers, and state government labor offices, we are experts in EB-5 project applications, investor marketing, and EB-5 immigration applications (I-526 & I-829)."

Shepherd Capital Funding is experienced in the successful preparation of all aspects of the EB-5 application process, including the essential econometric analyses required by the USCIS for approval of an EB-5 application (8 CFR 204.6(M)(i),(iv), and (v)). "We guide our clients through the complex and regulatory obscurity of the EB-5 process to establish an EB-5 Regional Center and project, and successfully obtain funding for these capital investment projects."

The Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Investor Visa is a U.S. Visa created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through capital investment by foreign investors. Under the pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 and regularly reauthorized since, EB-5 Visas are set aside for investors and their immediate family members through Regional Centers designated by USCIS for promoting economic growth, thereby impacting the regional economy and henceforth creating jobs. The USCIS offers two distinct EB-5 pathways for an alien investor to gain lawful permanent residence, the Basic Program and the Regional Center Pilot Program. Each of the two programs require that the alien investor make a capital investment, of $1,000,000 in a new commercial enterprise within the United States, or $500,000 if the project is located in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA). The new commercial enterprise must create or preserve 10 full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers. When making an investment in a new commercial enterprise affiliated with a USCIS-designated Regional Center under the Regional Center Pilot Program, an alien investor may satisfy the job creation requirements of the program through the creation of either direct, indirect, or induced jobs. The Immigrant Investor Pilot Program is aimed at stimulating economic activity and job growth, while allowing eligible aliens the opportunity to become lawful permanent residents.

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A father and son team based in sunny Miami, FL, Shepherd Capital is a full-service investment consulting and EB-5 strategic and management consulting firm, whose mission is to utilize their experience to be an innovator in the world of EB5 project and investment consulting by providing companies with an unprecedented investment experience. "Through our close relationships with EB-5 marketing firms, experienced economists, immigration attorneys, securities attorneys, Regional Centers, and state government labor offices, we are experts in EB-5 project applications, investor marketing, and EB-5 immigration applications (I-526 & I-829)."