What may work for one person may not work for another and visa versa. 

Iowa State University is about 45 minutes away from Des Moines (20 minutes or so from Ankeny).The international inflow into town isn't as great as it once was as many companies have ceased sponsorships for the H-1B visas and green cards (especially after Trump took office in 2016).

I am on my 4th business and finally finding success after 12 years of being an entrepreneur (33 yrs old).I have been traveling from CA to Indiana and visa versa every 60 days for 2 years.

Do you know what an immigrant visa (or an F1, H1, J1) visa looks like? 

They have concerns about owning rentals while on specific visa status.

But think about how the terms would  be set up vis a vis her financials.  

On day one, we learned about how to raise our credit card limit so we could afford to put the specialized coaching being relentlessly sold here on our VISA.

You obviously need a business visa to be able to live and stay in the U.S. and of course an actual business to operate these properties (yet more overhead).

If they are principals then they are in an adversarial role vis a vis the seller (legal definition).  

There are quite a few on the MLS where I live, but not in a location where my fiancee and I would like to live after we're married (I live in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area.