However, since you are a foreign national (I assume), other laws and reporting requirements may be applicable as well.I would consult an attorney who has expertise in such situations.

Jessica,You can form your LLC in New Jersey and register it as a foreign entity with PA as doing business there. i know a couple guys here on BP that will tell you to do that, especially if you plan on managing the properties or doing work on them your self, and that's true. but if you plan on hiring a property manager and not do any work yourself on the properties, only have the property as passive income, then there is a part of the PA law that says that if the llc only business is for passive income, then they do not have to register with the state. but i would talk to an Attorney first to make sure on that and that you set your LLC up right.

See Form 8832 for details on the election and the tax treatment of a foreign LLC."

I am very familiar with hard work and sweating and having to be three times better simply because I'm a foreigner to play on the equal Battlefield just pisses me off.

It's all familiar and not foreign like investing in annuities so it gives people a false sense of ease.So then you turn on HGTV and see someone buy a $50,000, spend a few weeks repainting, and then sell it for half a billion dollars.

OMG yes.Check out my sign...Me the damn foreigner, misspelled "coming" and only after I paid a fortune did I notice it.

(Not an easy task to build robots for NASA being a foreigner!)

This is foreign territory.

Also, local banks/credit unions typically will not work with out of state buyers or foreign nationals.There are other products available outside of local banks and credit unions. 

For example: in Mexico you can buy as a foreigner, but under a trust etc.