Perhaps "handing it out like candy" wasn't the best terminology...but I meant it's a potentially viable option, where most countries getting citizenship that quickly (without paying a lot of money) isn't. But you bring up many valid points. You really need every piece of documented proof. did you go through an immigration attorney, or did you try it on your own? And it's funny, so European landlords don't want to rent out to people from the US, while Latin American landlords would rather rent out. But this little list was really just a very brief offering to get people thinking. Naturally there's still a lot of research involved.