If you need to order a copy from the NJ Treasury, you can do so here:https://www.njportal.com/DOR/businessrecords/EntityDocs/BusinessCopies.aspx (instructions)A Certificate of Good Standing in NJ is called a "Standing Certificate".

Bullhead City is a river/casino area, so there are some great opportunities for "seasonal" rentals as well, or the latest craze, Air BnB.

To answer the op's question....and please anyone jump on this if i am wrong;The country is yeild starved, bonds, besides junk, pay very little, treasuries are a joke, savings rates, crap, very old bull market is tempering new money, retail and associated brick and morter are under attack by a new paridigm and will probably see a large percentage of existing sf go unneeded, industrial space, unsure, so multifamily is the only pond with some fish left!

If only for 1-2 years and you want to be safe, 2 suggestion:1) TIPS bond funds (Treasury Inflation Protected Security)

Treasury started requiring identification of principals behind LLC in certain areas of the country like Florida and New York (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?

At a certain point, the market will perceive increased risk in the bond market (already happening), and the way our national debt is going this will eventually happen with US treasuries too.

If you don't need the cash flow, and the property breaks even in the current market, then you're really just speculating, and if you have the money to speculate it may not matter one way or the other, much like it may not matter if you go to Vegas and blow a grand at the casino if you have the grand to blow. 

Saying that about Dodge takes a lot - they've come a ways since the casino was put in.Anyways I went on a tangent - but do your homework and check out the short term rental market - maybe buy a duplex and use the other half as a short term rental or a small apt complex if you can afford it near the university. 

She must charge you the minimum AFR (set by US Treasury).

They will either quote you a floating rate (LIBOR/Treasury + spread) or provide a range for fixed rate loans for you criteria/sub-market.