Start the source-of-funds reconstruction before the sale closes, because the historical records take longest to gather. File the petition only after the proceeds have been lawfully distributed to the investor and transferred to the enterprise or its escrow.
The paperwork starts before the money arrives
A farm sale produces the capital on a single closing date, but the documentation that explains it reaches back decades and is the slow part of any EB-5 filing. Land purchase records, quota histories, old corporate statements and tax returns from the years that built the equity can take months to retrieve from accountants, lawyers and government offices, and translations add time. Begin that reconstruction while the sale is still in negotiation.
Once the sale closes, the sequence is mechanical: the corporation distributes the proceeds by resolution, the investing parent receives them, the funds are transferred to the regional center's escrow or directly into the enterprise, and the I-526E is filed with the complete trail. Filing before the money has actually moved into the enterprise is premature; the investment must be made or actively in the process of being made on the filing date. Remember that the conditional period and the I-829 window begin only when residence is granted, not when the petition is approved.