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. 

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

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

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.  

BUT I do think the eastern panhandle has a lot of promise and I'm curious if anyone else with experience here agrees?

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.

Located in eastern Iowa it isn't a high traffic area.

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.