. >> reporter: it's that time of year, everyone at jay peak resort in vermont is gearing up for the skieason. but for bill stanner, the snow is not enough to make a business. he's hard at work transforming the winter resort into a year round facility, building a golf course, a water park and an indoor ice rink. >> without sustained year round operations, you can't survive. you must be a 12-month a year operation. you. >> can see the snow guns over there from here. >> reporter: he needed about $250 million to expand. the banks wanted 30% down. money he did not have. >> if you don't have capital, you can't make things happen. >> instead, using a federal program, stanger got the money from rich immigrant s willing t invest $500,000 each in exchange for a green card for them and their families. >> we have over 500 investors from 56 countries. >> reporter: among them, this couple. these are the permanent green cards now? >> these are the permanent green cards. >> reporter: bular is an indian engineer. he decided to switch countries and careers, and became a mystic teaching enlightenment. >>