LLC in which state and tax return complications

[Aman A.]

Hello everyone,

I live in Washington state and have a few rental properties in Alabama. I want to open a LLC for any future buy and hold deals and keep the properties in an LLC. The LLC will be owned by myself and my wife. I have a few concerns about it and haven't been able to get concrete answers on these:

1. Since Alabama is not a community state, so I need to file partnership tax returns for such an LLC?
2. If yes, will it help if I open a WA state LLC for the Alabama properties? According to Alabama's dept or revenue single member LLCs are considered disregarded entities.

Thank you for the help.