Sounds as if more of them planned to return more than a lot of people expected. I had heard Congressloba Ileana Ros-Lehtinen saying that they had believed they would come here for a while and the US would overthrow the government and they would resume their lives in Cuba. So creepy! Had they tried that there would have been a third revolution, of course.
Discovered a woman years ago who lived in Florida who made a trip to Cuba, taking an exile with her, and she wrote her own book about it and self-published. I got a copy. She said that she knew a lot of people who wanted to retire to Cuba and they had learned the US would NOT send their earned Social Security checks to them if they did, which seemed so petty.
Hadn't learned "exiles" had already devised ways to side-step that issue, and I can see how it would work, now that you've mentioned they have studied the idea already. Ha ha ha. You do have to have contacts.
Concerning the "industry" aspect, there was a big article which was published several years ago by, I think, the Sun-Sentinel on the subject, revealing some amazing lengths some of those "exiles" do and have gone to to rip off the US for huge profits. It's all possible because maintaining the hostilities is profitable for certain government-employed, and government related people to keep them going exactly as they are now.
So glad to see your totally on-target remarks, and to learn about the ongoing real estate investments. That's stunning!
Thanks, Mike. 
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