Working for someone else as HVAC installer is not a option.
Working for yourself, and supervising your unskilled workers is another thing.
As far as "taking jobs away from the locals" and the whole hurt butt thing. I gotta eat too and if their 'feelings' get hurt I dont care.
Tell that to the thousands of Koreans and taiwanese here that they should not 'take jobs away from the locals'
It wont be overnight success anymore than in the US. Just lots of hard work and a handicap the first year cause you dont know your competition, lay of the land or local prices.
Get thru that along with hiring and firing many workers and you will do OK. My first year here I have already hired and fired 10 workers.
Your clients will care more about getting their work done then the color of your skin in the end. It is the customer that you worry about not your sore loser competitor who squandered the last decade providing lousy service