Starved Rock Country (LaSalle County, IL) is a great place to invest, especially for short term rentals. 

Some of the cleanest lake water in the country. 

West End...boy, one of the most wretched of neighborhoods,  IN THE COUNTRY during it's hay day for mortgage fraud. 

That’s kind of impossible if the owner lives across the country 

With the amount of regulation that's been introduced (and will continue to be introduced), there's now significant barriers to operate in this space and suspect those barriers will continue to spread across the country.  

If you're looking for long-term, We have investors from literally all over the country buying these new builds.Horton has been offering all sorts of $$ towards rate buy downs, upgrades, closing costs for months and its definitely hurt re-sells.

The first 3 rules of trying to manage a property outside of the country.

Also want to know if the father needs to be a US citizen or permanent resident, as my dad is from a different country but I'm a permanent resident in PA. 

I am sure there are hundreds if not thousands of people like me across the country saying the same thing.

I'm a commercial real estate broker and specialize in federal leasing and development around the country.