Immigration Gone Astray

After meeting with my new Immigration lawyer, didn’t really like my last one it seemed like a very good option. He suggested around a 100,000 investment in a business and a million if I wanted a straight green card. As the million dollar option doesn’t seem to be possible the E2 could work. He said the E2 takes about 4 months to go through and I even have to go for an interview, not to mention he suggests I start purchasing items for the business before I even file for it. How can this make sense? I will be going into business with an owner of 2 very successful Italian Restaurants in NYC to open up a chain of Pizzerias. He is currently working on the business plan but he believes it is possible to open up the first one for the 100,000 price tag. Even though this is a big risk I have always been interested in being an entrepreneur, does anyone know any information on obtaining a Liquor license for a someone in my situation, just encase I decide to move into other areas.

As I start to come to the realization that getting an H1b is almost impossible I have been exploring the E2 investor option. I do have some money to invest but the entire E2 visa is hard to understand. Can i start my own business with the visa? I understand it is for investment but do i need American partners to do so? I currently have friends who own two major Italian restaurants in NYC, they are interested in starting a Pizza chain and I was thinking of investing around 100,000 into this new business, would this qualify me for the E2 visa? Any comments would be great…