@b_yousfi,
I usually advise my clients to invest as much money as they can. I would advise you to invest about 500,000 to 600,000 if you're looking at starting small, and $1,000,000 to $1,600,000 if you'd like to start a little bigger. The obvious advantages with the higher investment are that you don't have any restrictions over WHERE you may start business and that you actually have a larger rate of return due to the larger amount of return. Do remember, that as long as your ROI is lower than the interest expense (which is normally the case), you're better off investing and borrowing as much as you can, and starting multiple locations to get advantage of the efficiencies of scale. For instance, 4-5 Subway shops or 5-7 Test Centers or two to four 7-11 stores started with a 2,000,000 investment (50/50 debt and equity) usually make more than enough money to not only pay off the debt in a shorter amount of time, they also help comply with the EB5 requirements and avoid any possible complications in the future. I always advise my clients to proceed in ways that helps them avoid any legal complications or financial losses, and by the grace of God, so far I've a solid record of successful clients to show for my conservative approach.
My fees for a turnkey solution are between $56000 and $60,000 and also include the attorney and CPA fees as well as USCIS filing fees. The money you invest in the business usually helps narrow down the choice of business you go with. The franchises I usually advise my conservative clients to go into are:
1) Subway
2) Dairy Queen
3) Dunkin Donuts and / or Basking Robbins (both are brands of the same corporation anyway)
4) Little Caesars
5) Jimmy John's
6) Wing Stop
7) UPS Store
8) Days inn Motel
9) Super 8 Motel
10) Anytime Fitness
11) Planet Fitness
12) ServPro
13) Massage Envy
14) Baja Fresh
15) La Salsa
16) McDonalds
17) KFC
18) 7-11
19) Krispy Kreme
20) Hungry Howies
21) Pearson Vue Test Center
22) Prometric Testing Center
23) Health / Fitness center with basketball, squash, badminton and tennis courts, table tennis tables and a Skating rink. (usually an easy $2,600,000 to $3,000,000 investment, but it pays off!)
@ mass3003: your first sentence made 0 sense. The last sentence does not make sense either. I guess you're an immigration consultant.