I-864 - negative income, but lots of assets - what will they think?

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I am a US citizen sponsoring my husband. We are living with HIS parents, who have been here in the USA for 10+ years on an investors visa. Since I have zero income (am just a housewife..haha!) I have no tax returns for the prior 3 years, as needed. I will be using my Household Member (my father in law) to prove we can beat poverty guidelines. Problem is - all his past 3 years tax returns show NEGATIVE (ie: $-800,000) due to "loss carry over" from some real estate deals. He is self-employed and owns his own company.

1) Will this negatively affect HIM in the eyes of the CIS/INS ?(he is worried about what theyll think of him since he's on an investors visa and they might look him up)

2) He has lots of assets amounting to millions from bank accounts and real estate ownership (have copy of titles, too) - will this suffice for their poverty requirements, even if his tax returns are negative?

On another note, my husband has a tax return from year 2002, the last year he worked in the USA before moving back to Philippines. It shows $100,000+ income. I know its too old..but will this help our case any? He doesnt have recent tax returns showing any significant amount from the Philippines since for the past 4 years, his company has not been giving any dividends, hence low income on paper.

Thanks