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Why did we hand over convenience stores and hotels to non-Americans?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 5:58 pm
I heard the system can be gamed somehow?
These aren’t insignificant sectors.
These aren’t insignificant sectors.
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 5:59 pm
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 5:59 pm to weagle1999
May not be something Americans were interested in opening with their own cash. Gas stations are low margin. Also, taking the property back is much easier when a non-citizen is involved.
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:00 pm to weagle1999
We give them money to buy them.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:00 pm to weagle1999
It's a damn shame. You can't hardly get a French tickler or a spray of Drakkar Noir from a gas station bathroom anymore.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:02 pm to weagle1999
We didn't. The Indian immigrants came in with a business plan to buy lower tier businesses (primarily budget motels/hotels and convenience stores) and they executed on the plan along with living on the cheap and helping other Indian immigrants execute the same business plan.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:05 pm to Bass Tiger
They have a thumb on the scale to get loans
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:06 pm to Bass Tiger
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We didn't. The Indian immigrants came in with a business plan to buy lower tier businesses (primarily budget motels/hotels and convenience stores) and they executed on the plan along with living on the cheap and helping other Indian immigrants execute the same business plan.
C-store loan is top 2 hardest loan to get…they are buying majority of them with cash. I’m not talking $250k cash, but $1-$2m+ a lot of C-store owners in Louisiana live in NY, Cali and send ppl down to run and only sell to other Indians. . There’s definitely some crazy business plan happening. Lol
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:08 pm to SmackoverHawg
Yep. They get small business loan preferences, as fricked as that sounds (and is).
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:12 pm to bstew3006
quote:I'm no forensic accountant, but looks almost like an opportunity to wash...er..reinvest cash into real estate and almost profitable c-stores.
C-store loan is top 2 hardest loan to get…they are buying majority of them with cash. I’m not talking $250k cash, but $1-$2m+ a lot of C-store owners in Louisiana live in NY, Cali and send ppl down to run…. There’s definitely something going on.
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:17 pm to weagle1999
Who is "we"? Indians, middle Easterners....came in with suitcases full of cash and made offers that the owners couldn't so no to.
These non-americans are cheap labor and work long hours. You wouldn't and couldn't do it. They deal with the worst of the worst customers. And that is exactly why the former owners were easily bought out.
These non-americans are cheap labor and work long hours. You wouldn't and couldn't do it. They deal with the worst of the worst customers. And that is exactly why the former owners were easily bought out.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:19 pm to 4Bagger
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These non-americans are cheap labor and work long hours.
And almost all their establishments are trash dumps. And they are sneaky about the prices of things (notice the next time you go into one their stores that nothing has a posted price).
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:27 pm to weagle1999
Read Thomas Sowell. Pretty much anything where he goes in depth on immigration.
Whatever you choose to read will also explain why certain races have nothing of the sort associated with them.
I'd suggest "Black Rednecks and White Liberals". But he covers this stuff in other places.
Whatever you choose to read will also explain why certain races have nothing of the sort associated with them.
I'd suggest "Black Rednecks and White Liberals". But he covers this stuff in other places.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:28 pm to weagle1999
They will move their family into the hotel. The Indians finance each other. Since they are living in hotel, they have lower housing costs. Much lower. They do other such things as well.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:40 pm to uggabugga
How is that a "plan"? They simply applied for the same loans you and I could apply for. Again - and I am generalizing here - they come here and for the most part (generalizing) live badly (three families to a home type stuff), never go out (when have you ever seen a large group of Indians at a Chilis or at the Movies or Amusement Park? Too expensive (they say). I know a guy who does doordash, says he gets almost no orders from Chinese or Indian or in general Asian people, even not from Chinese restaurants. They make do.
And three years later they can buy the next shop and its off to the races.
And three years later they can buy the next shop and its off to the races.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:44 pm to weagle1999
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And almost all their establishments are trash dumps. And they are sneaky about the prices of things (notice the next time you go into one their stores that nothing has a posted price).
False. But if you live in a shite hole city, or the arm pit of the town, they probably are trash dumps. Who's faults is that for living in the area?
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:47 pm to weagle1999
I heard this straight from an Indian.
They come over and buy small businesses because it is the easiest path to citizenship.
They come over and buy small businesses because it is the easiest path to citizenship.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:48 pm to Bass Tiger
quote:Yeah, what doesn't OP understand about free enterprise? They came here - mostly starting in the early 70s, some fleeing Ida Amin's Uganda - and bought bankrupted motel assets very cheaply. Lived with their entire family in one room of the motel and broke their backs working endless hours providing a service to Americans for decades. It's dumb to begrudge this type of labor. Plenty of taxes have been paid and lots of value has been built.
We didn't. The Indian immigrants came in with a business plan to buy lower tier businesses (primarily budget motels/hotels and convenience stores) and they executed on the plan along with living on the cheap and helping other Indian immigrants execute the same business plan.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:49 pm to Eurocat
Huh? I said nothing about a 'plan.'
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:50 pm to 4Bagger
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False
Okay Jan.
I have been around a bit. I stand by my statements
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:52 pm to weagle1999
Why is this on the poli board?
Do you want to own a gas station or a by the hour motel?
Do you want to own a gas station or a by the hour motel?
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