This is a major problem throughout the country.

Even what municipality we are pulling the permit (Some are more difficult).The state of Florida has the toughest building codes in the country which can add to the difficulty here so I'm not trying to compare FL to other states!

Let me describe my situation: I moved to the U.S. from another country and feel ready to purchase my first investment property.

I came to this country with less than 25 bucks 3 and half years ago and I am not banking yet.

Not supporting CC here but till you haven't actually gone and raised $20M, $50M or even $100M (which only a handful of folks in the country can do easily), it's easy being a keyboard warrior and talking about technicalities.  

It says it in their website and they're all over the country.  

They do not have someone monitoring county records at all the counties in the country to see who is changing the title. 

I'd love to hear some thoughts about investing in PA coal country.

There is a lot of fact.The investor's lifestyle choices has much to do with how well passive income can serve them.For example 5k/mo passive income may not do much in California but may be more than enough if they relocated to a country with a lower cost of living, spent less than they earned and continued to invest the change.great perspective on your part!

There might be other experiences you could market and refer your STR guests to, like rustic BBQ joints, a local brewery, and places with live country music.