I personally visited El Paso. It is a growing city. Lot of hispanic people cross the bolder each day. Some people get like a week permit from Mexico to visit US. Houses out of state like EL PASO is really cheap. If you have about $100,000, you can get a nice 4 bedroom house. Lot of people are moving there to do business. they are opening up malls and restaurants. however it takes long time about year to get business set up, and open up your own business. Construction wise, they are building lot of buildings and houses. Maybe you can try to apply for good companies in California. vist El PASo several times. IF you like it, you can move on. But one thing, during the summer, it is really really really hot! if you open up frozen yogurt, boba, jamba juice, you might have chance to make lots of money!