That is a pretty big invasion of privacy.

I've always felt like I was invading my tenants privacy by entering the house but after listening to so many property managers/landlords on the podcasts, I want to be more proactive in inspecting the house.How do I change the tone after so many years of being very hands-off?

We spent quite awhile discussing that before we even got to loan options I redacted her name for privacy but you can tell I cut and pasted that.. and yes .. the owner of DHM  has gotten on here and said they no longer require the 3k up front.. but then I get these PM's saying its not true.. so that leads to me believe they may size up who they are talking to and tell different stories to different folks?? 

@Brian PulaskiYeah, I can understand the agents fear of a teenager walking around there clients home because it’s unusual to see, but I wouldn’t invade the sellers privacy in any way like an agent might anticipate.

Unfortunately, my S/O feels that she would not be afforded the privacy she thinks owning your own home deserves and has veto’s the idea.

You will need to pay the annual registration, Registered Agent in those states and then file a tax return in Illinois as a Foreign Business Entity which pretty much blows away all the privacy and no taxes due in Nevada or wherever these folks use to sell their snake oil. 

@Shannon Sullivan You have to list the managingN me,beers, there is no privacy with an llc....if you want that you need a Land Trust using someone else as the trustee, an issue in itself.

I did pretty much all the work myself and did kitchen cabinets repainting and added finishes, added subway tiles to the front wall and back splash, added laminate through out the house, painted, and fixed up the yard and cleaned the privacy fence and painted the outside trim of the house and so on.

There goes your privacy and most of the benefits of these out of state LLCs. 

Privacy is everybody's right.