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Overview of The EB-5 ProgramThe fastest way to gain a Green Card.

The United States Congress created the EB-5 Program in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.

Under this program, foreign-national entrepreneurs and their families are eligible to become permanent residents of the United States, if they make the necessary investment of either $500,000 or $1 million in a commercial enterprise in the United States and plan to create or preserve ten permanent, full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.

The program is known as“EB-5”due to the visa category (Employment-Based Immigration: Fifth Preference) under which the investors apply.

What is The EB-5 Program?

The EB-5 Process With EEDPWhat is the timeline?

Investment Pre-Screening

15 Days

• Complete Investor Questionnaire

• Receive and sign EB-5 Investment Documents

• Prepare Source of Funds Documentation

01 02 0403 05Start 22-24 Months 42 - 44 Months 52 - 70 Months

Investment Stage After I-526 Approval

• Invest Capital Into Escrow Account

• Investor files I-526 for GREEN CARD

• Investor Capital Is Released Into The Project after I-797 is received

• Investor Receives Their Approval For Their I-526

• Investor Schedules Interview with US Embassy In Home Country

• Investor Receives Temporary GREEN CARD

• Investor Files I-829 To Remove Conditions From Their GREEN CARD.

• Investor I-829 Application Is Approved and Conditions are removed from GREEN CARD

• Capital is Returned to Investor with PROFIT.

EEDP Program HighlightsWhat Makes Us Different?

Our projects are forecasted to generate over 100% return, net of all expenses, in 5 years or less, with less risk as the investment is secured by real estate and does not use excessive leverage.

◆ Clear Exit StrategyWe select our assets and engineer their capital stacks with the exit strategy in mind. Our prudent use of leverage allows for ample equity after the project is completed which can be taken out by a refinancing transaction followed by an outright sale.

◆ Job-Creation Margin of SafetyEach EB-5 investor will create over 30 jobs, 300% of the USCIS’ required total. Our massive Job Creation Margin of Safety, or JCMS, is yet another way we are managing risk for our EB-5 investors.

◆ Superior Investment Solutions◆ World-Class Investment ManagementWe provide investors with a personal representative, a live video feed showing their project in real time, audited financials and an invitation to our Annual Meeting held at world-class resorts in Florida.

◆ A Track-Record of SuccessOur development team has successfully managed over $3 billion in commercial real estate transactions.

What Makes Our Team Superior?

Over $3 Billion in Development Transactions. Over 70 Years of Collective Experience.

A Track-Record of Success

The Team: A Track-Record of SuccessOver 70 years of success. $3 billion+ in transactions.

Marc Mirbod has developed over $1 billion of real estate throughout his illustrious 40 year career as a developer and financier. Mr. Mirbod has developed and managed in excess of 2 million SQF of commercial properties, both new and existing, all around the United States and Canada. In addition, Mr. Mirbod has developed and managed over 3,500 of new and existing residential units, just like The Palm Coast Luxury Apartment Complex. Mr. Mirbod has personally invested over $10 million into Palm Coast real estate and has overseen $100+ million in development in Palm Coast alone. Mr. Mirbod is also the chairman and co-founder of Commloan.com, a proprietary commercial loan syndication platform. Commloan.com has banking partners which include: Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, US Bank, and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Mirbod is an architect and graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

With over $3 billion in commercial real estate transactions and over 70 years of collective experience, our seasoned team is the best steward for your EB-5 investment.

Marc Mirbod, Director of Real Estate Development

Bobby Laughlin, Chief Financial OfficerBobby Laughlin started his professional career in the Washington, D.C. area at Morgan Stanley, where he managed the wealth of high net-worth individuals with an emphasis on risk mitigation, and was part of a team that managed over $500 million in assets. Mr. Laughlin founded Playa Vista Capital Management in 2015, a Southern California based investment management company which serves as a general partner and portfolio manager for hedge and private equity investment funds. Mr. Laughlin co-founded Playa Vista Regional Center in 2015, a USCIS-approved EB-5 Regional Center. Mr. Laughlin founded EB-5 Equity Development Partners after recognizing a significant lack of institutional-quality investment offerings for EB-5 investors. By focusing on reducing risk, maximizing returns, and delivering transparency to EB-5 investors at every stage of the process, EB-5 Equity Development Partners delivers a unique blend of competitive advantages that is revolutionizing the EB-5 investment landscape. Mr. Laughlin has been featured on CNBC for his investment success, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Pepperdine University, both a Series 7 and Series 66 license with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is married and lives in Playa Vista, California.


Michael brings 28 years of tech experience to the role of CTO. Michael's professional career has placed him in many diverse industries and roles. Michael previously worked at DogVacay as CTO, where he was brought in to restructure the technology and team for an acquisition. DogVacay was acquired in 2017 by Rover.com. Before DogVacay Michael worked at Riot Games, where he worked for eight years and most recently served as Technical Director of the e-Commerce team. Michael helped grow Riot Games from a small startup to the world-class company it is today. He’s responsible for successfully launching the Riot Games Platform which services over 100 million users around the world, Riot Games merchandise store that now serves customers across 32 countries, 13 languages and 3 currencies, building an API solution for Riot Games, and hiring key developers and consultants to expand the organization’s impressive team. Riot Games was acquired by Tencent for $10 billion. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is married and lives in Hermosa Beach, California.

Michael Root, Chief Technology Officer

Alex Mirbod, the son of Marc Mirbod, was exposed to real estate at an early age by working with his father over the summers in high school and through various internships at major financial institutions including Qualcomm, UAS Asset Management, and Oppenheimer & Company. Mr. Mirbod has overseen well in excess of $100 million in commercial real estate transactions as he has worked very closely with Marc Mirbod as they methodically develop their world-wide portfolio of assets. Mr. Mirbod has participated in various entitlement campaigns, architecture and design reviews, engineering of pro forma financial statements, and investor relations. He graduated from New York University's Stern School of Business with an emphasis on finance and real estate.

Alex Mirbod, Vice President of Development


Darren B. Silver is the founding Partner of Darren Silver & Associates, LLP. Mr. Silver has a career of over 20 years exclusively in the field of immigration. Mr. Silver earned his B.S degree in Business Administration from USC in 1992 and J.D from WSU School of Law in 1995. Prior to founding Darren Silver & Associates, Mr. Silver was employed with USCIS, former Immigration and Naturalization Service. As part of his duties within USCIS, Mr. Silver audited policy guidelines and assisted in creating field guides that are still in use today. Over his career, Mr. Silver has enjoyed working within the different areas of Immigration Law. In fact, Mr. Silver and his Firm have filed over 10,000 unique immigration applications assisting clients with working visas, family applications, Green Cards and Citizenship. Mr. Silver is proud of the work that his Firm has contributed to the EB-5 community. His Firm has filed over 4,000 EB-5 applications. The Firm was awarded EB-5 Law Firm of the year in 2011 by EB-5newsblog.org. Mr. Silver was voted by his peers as one of the top 25 EB-5 Immigration Attorneys in the country, EB-5 Investors Magazine and has been selected to Super Lawyers. Mr. Silver is active in the immigration community and is a member of the Association to Invest in USA (IIUSA) EB-5 Regional Center Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Order of Distinguished Attorneys.

Darren Silver, EB-5 Project Counsel

Michael Kester is Impact DataSource’s lead EB-5 economist, focusing on EB-5 jobs studies and TEA analyses. He provides EB-5 consulting, services, and deliverables that reflect the evolving needs of EB-5 clients and also the changing requirements of the USCIS. Michael has led a team of economists that have performed more than 60 comprehensive economic studies for EB-5 applications. He also leads the firm’s EB-5 targeted employment area (TEA) team, which has analyzed more than a thousand sites for TEA-eligibility and assisted clients in obtaining more than 100 TEA letters. Michael has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Kansas State University. Michael is originally from Wichita, Kansas and moved to Austin after working several years in New York City as an actuary. He enjoys spending time with his wife Emily, daughter Isabella, and Airedale mutt Ozzie (not necessarily in that order). Whatever time might be left is split between playing keys in a local Austin band, indoor soccer, and painfully watching the Minnesota Vikings.

Michael Kester, EB-5 Economic Report Provider


Marat Bekbenbetov is the Co-Founder and Managing Member of Playa Vista Regional Center, a USCIS-approved EB-5 Regional Center. Marat has extensive experience totaling more than 25 years as an expert in logistics for the government of Kazakhstan. In 2011, Marat started to his first business in United States and was the owner of a business in the hospitality industry, based in New York, NY. Following a successful sale of the business, he also developed a US-based franchise business in Kazakhstan and was a part of numerous EB-5 and E-2 conferences across the United States. In 2015 Marat along with his partner Robert Laughlin founded Playa Vista Regional Center. In addition to securing financing through the EB-5 market, Marat serves as a developer and asset manager for EB-5 projects . He holds his Master's Degree from the National Defense University, Washington DC, as well master's degree in logistics and transportation from Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is married and resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Marat Bekbenbetov, Director of EB-5, Central Asia

Mr. Bernard Rojano is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Xecute Business Plan Solutions. He has over 30 years of experience in management, planning, modeling, funding, mergers & acquisitions and business development consulting. Bernard earned his practical MBA working 18 years in management for a once privately owned Texas marine retailer with $30 million in annual revenue, where he was a stock holder and participated in growing the company into a publicly traded, billion dollar company, MarineMax, the world’s largest marine retailer. He served as COO of Endeavour Holdings, Inc. where he managed a $500 million+ real estate portfolio and over 250 employees. There, he formed a dynamic and integrated development company that focused on luxury high rises and marinas. In 2008, Bernard founded Xecute Business Solutions, one of the oldest immigrant investment exclusive consulting firms. He is considered one of the top and most experienced EB-5, L1 and E2 project development business consultants in the US. Xecute is highly rated in success with petitions to the USCIS and client satisfaction and endorsed by some of the most respected professional firms in the industry. Bernard has provided expert opinion, business modeling and planning, mergers and acquisitions and management consulting to over 100 Regional Centers, raising and deploying over $700 million into projects and has modeled and written more than 300 immigrant investment project and regional center business plans.

Bernard Rojano, EB-5 Business Plan Writer

Examples of Past Transactions

Holiday Inn Express Crestwood Apartments Citation Estates

Casa Selina Apartments AppleOne Properties Bayshore Luxury Suites


The Palm Coast Luxury ApartmentsA World-Class EB-5 Development

➢ 300-unit, entitled, luxury multifamily development site in an enviable location near the major shopping centers, restaurants and recreational areas in Palm Coast, FL.

➢ Only two market-rate, garden-style apartment projects have been developed in the last 20 years. Both of these apartment complexes are at full occupancy and have waiting lists that are many months long.

➢ This multifamily project site represents a tremendous opportunity to fill that void. This site is the only in-fill location in the center of the town.

➢ Located on White View Parkway and approximately 0.5 mile south of Palm Coast Parkway, which is the primary east/west road in Palm Coast. It offers quick access to both I-95 and US 1 and is just a couple miles from the beach.

➢ Flagler County was named the FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE U.S. in 2006 and continues to bring in new residents, business, shopping and entertainment.

➢ Site is located in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA), qualifying for the reduced investment minimum of $500,000 per EB-5 investor.

The Palm Coast Luxury Apartment Site

The Palm Coast Luxury Apartment Site

Pine Lakes(Fully occupied)

Integra Woods(Fully occupied)

How does Palm Coast Luxury Apartments offer greater returns with less risk?

Our investors are true owners of the projects, not lenders.

Superior Investment Solutions

Comparison of Estimated Rate of ReturnYou Deserve More From Your EB-5 Investment

➢ Almost all EB-5 investments yield less than 1% per year because the developers do not provide investors with any equity and offer below-market-rate interest rates for their loans.

➢ We believe this is unfair and are changing the EB-5 paradigm by offering equity in high-quality development projects, like the Palm Coast Luxury Apartments.

➢ By being a true equity owner of the project, you will receive a much greater return on your investment, which we estimate to be over 100% in 5 years or less.

➢ Your investment will be secured by actual real estate, substantially reducing risk.

➢ We have a network of buyers ready to purchase our project once it is built, making for an easy exit strategy to return your capital on-time or early.

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Capital Stack DetailsWhy Our Projects Are Safer Than The Competition

➢ We require our development partners to invest personally in each deal that we bring EB-5 capital to. This ensures there is a proper alignment of incentives.

○ In the Palm Coast Luxury Apartments our development partners are investing $5 million, or 50% of the projects total equity.

➢ Maintaining a prudent amount of leverage is critical when mitigating risk.

○ The Palm Coast Luxury Apartments will be financed with over 30% equity in the capital stack.

➢ We require the site to be fully-entitled and ready to break before our EB-5 investors money is invested.

○ Since our EB-5 investors are the last money in, the take the lowest risk of the equity participants, while still participating in tremendous returns.

EB-5 Equity

Developer Equity

Senior Loan

Palm Coast Luxury Apartments Development ProcessWhat is the status of the project?

Secure Private Equity Raise

• Land Acquired

• Entitlements secured

Complete In-process Q2 2021Q1 2019 Q4 2023

EB-5 Fundraising

• 10 Spots Total

• 2 Spots Filled*

• 8 Spots Left

• Capital Released From Escrow Account

• Capital Is Invested Into The Project.

• Construction is complete

• Asset is stabilized with 90%+ occupancy rate

• M&A team approaches buyers

• Asset is sold/refinanced.

• Investors receive principal and profits.

After I-526 Filed

Why do our projects create more jobs per investor than the competition?

A larger job-creation number reduces risk to ensure acquisition of Green Card.

Job-Creation Margin Of Safety

Job-Creation Margin of SafetyMitigating Risk At Every Step Of The Process.

What is the Palm Coast Luxury Apartment JCMS?➢ The Palm Coast Luxury Apartment is expected to create 30+ jobs per investor, making its JCMS 3:1. This means

that, by investing in the project, you will be creating 300% of the required jobs to get your Green Card through the EB-5 program.

Why is the JCMS meaningful?➢ The USCIS will look at the job creation total per investor when analyzing

each investor I-526 Petition. If the USCIS does not think the investor will be able to generate enough jobs with their investment, they may deny the I-526 Petition. Since our JCMS is so high, it virtually eliminates the risk associated with that occurring.

What is a Job-Creation Margin of Safety? ➢ The Job-Creation Margin of Safety (JCMS) is a metric created by EB-5 Equity Development Partners which

shows the relationship between the USCIS 10-job per investor requirement with the amount of jobs created per investor in our project. For example, a 1:1 ratio would be 10 jobs created per investor in a project, whereas a 2:1 ratio would be 20 jobs created per investor.

One of the most important parts of the process is returning capital to investors.

Our Projects are designed with the end in mind.

Clear Exit Strategy

Clear Exit StrategyOur Projects are designed with the end in mind.

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Clear Exit Strategy: Stage 1Our Projects are designed with the end in mind.

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Distribute $10 million back to investors by adding $10 million in debt (refinance)

Clear Exit Strategy: Stage 2Our Projects are designed with the end in mind.

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Cash distributedEB-5 Investors and Developer

What services comes with an EB-5 Investment with EEDP?

Experience the EEDP difference with our full suite of additional services.

Full-Service Institutional Management

Full-Service Institutional ManagementGoing Above-and-Beyond To Maximize Value For The Investor

Dedicated Personal Representative➢ We will assign you a dedicated personal representative who is fluent in your language. They will be able to

answer any questions you have about the progress we are making with the project.

Live Video Feed➢ See your project as it is being built by logging on to your custom-client-portal with any smart device, anywhere in

the world with an internet connection.

Audited Financial Statements➢ We will update you every month on the financial status of the

project and will provide you with monthly, quarterly, and audited annual financial statements so you stay informed.

Annual Shareholder Meeting and Site Visit➢ EEDP will host an exclusive event only for investors and their families in Florida once per year at Casa Monica

Resort & Spa. The event will take place over the weekend and will include a construction site visit, annual shareholder meeting, and dinner. All expenses paid for by EEDP.

Annual Shareholders Weekend

➢September 20th – 22nd 2019

➢Casa Monica Resort and Spa

➢Hosted by: EB-5 Equity Development Partners

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Dedicated Personal RepresentativeAlways be one call away from an update

➢ You will be assigned a Dedicated Personal Representative who will be available 24/7 to answer any questions you may have about the project.

➢ Your Dedicated Personal representative will speak both English and your native language to ensure that they will be able to communicate effectively and accurately.

➢ Your Dedicated Personal Representative will be available via WhatsApp, WeChat, Skype, Phone, Email, and Text Message.

Live Video FeedGoing Above-and-Beyond to Provide Maximum Transparency

➢ Your Custom Client Portal will be created for you once you have sent your initial investment.

➢ Log in from anywhere in the world to see The Palm Coast Luxury Apartment complex being built.

➢ Check-in on construction progress, view company financials, and chat live with your Dedicated Personal Representative.

Audited Financial StatementsGoing Above-and-Beyond To Provide Maximum Transparency

➢ Receive monthly expenses reports in your Custom Client Portal so you can track the capital flows of the project.

➢ Each quarter, we will upload the project Statement of Cash Flows, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement.

➢ At the end of every fiscal year, we will have a major accounting firm conduct an audit on our financials, which will we upload as well.

FAQsOver 70 years of success. $3 billion+ in transactions.

How many EB-5 Investor spots are left?➢ We only have 8 spots left, so if you are interested, we suggest contacting us now.

If I make an investment, does my entire family get a Green Card?➢ Yes, your spouse and all children under the age of 21 will get a Green Card with just one investment. All children

over 21 will require an additional investment.

Can the EB-5 investment funds come from a Gift?➢ Yes, your EB-5 application can be processed based on funds that were gifted to you.

If you would like to speak with one of our EB-5 Investment specialists, please email us at:

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We will return your email within two hours.

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