I'm looking at a SFH that's owned by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Ryan Siriann I can't speak for Illinois but here in Ohio the secretary of state web site has a form to file an llc.

I looked at the county records and it lists the owner of the property as the Secretary of Urban and Housing Development.

Not sure how it works in your state but in Ohio we can look up LLC info on the Secretary of State web page.

While I didn't need to spend the time and money to get the determination letter, I sleep better at night knowing that I don't have to worry about the IRS coming after me at some point in the future because my plan administrator might have screwed up (accidentally or purposefully).Here is the current recap from the IRS on ROBS transactions:http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Employee-Plans...Here are a couple noteworthy (in my opinion) parts:Regarding the use of ROBS by business owners:  "Overall, the research we conducted and the responses we received to the compliance checks indicated that while some of the ROBS were successful, many of the companies in the sample had gone out of business within the first 3 years of operation, experiencing significant monetary loss, bankruptcy, personal and business liens, or had their corporate status dissolved by the Secretary of State (voluntarily or involuntarily).

If you see multiple loans by a person or non-big company (i.e, you don't care about the big banks), that's a person of interest, too.You may also have to use your state's secretary of states records to track from LLCs or other entities to individuals.

The Secretary of State just imposed that LLC's now required to buy a business license in Nevada, even if you do no business there.

Actually creating the LLC on the secretary of state's web site is trivial.

I found out later after i saw the sales transaction recorded that the LLC that i closed with, once i looked it up on the Secretary of States website was managed by his wife?

Okay, look at the Book and Page number of the filing of your last deed to the property and you will generally see the closing agent/title company who notarized the deed, ask the clerk in the Recorder's Office who that notary works with or look them up through the Secretary fo State for notary registrations.