I love seeing McAllen all over the news with the DHS secretary and the President standing in front Rio Grande.

I don't have my business registered yet but I have the name reserved with the secretary of state.

A few mornings back a duplex popped up for a rediculously low price (100k for 3/1,3/1).I called the realtor at 0900 and after leaving several messages with no reply I spoke with a secretary that afternoon and she stated the property went under written contract as soon as it was listed.I would have offered a substantial amount over list price for this property as comparable units are selling for 50k more but am unsure of how to get past these immediate contracts.Do I write the seller to let them know they have another buyer?

See what they (or their secretary) say.

Wilbur Ross39th United States Secretary of CommerceIncumbentAssumed office February 28, 2017PresidentDonald TrumpDeputyKaren Dunn KelleyPreceded byPenny PritzkerPersonal detailsBornWilbur Louis Ross Jr.November 28, 1937(age 81)Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S.Political partyRepublican (2016–present)Other politicalaffiliationsDemocratic (before 2016)Spouse(s)Judith Nodine(m. 1961; div. 1995)Betsy McCaughey(m. 1995; div. 2000)Hilary Geary(m. 2004)Children2EducationYale University (BA)Harvard University(MBA)Net worthUS$600 million (2019)[1]Before he was appointed, Ross was a banker known for acquiring and restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal, telecommunications, and textiles, later selling them for a profit after operations improved, a record that earned him the moniker "King of Bankruptcy".Learn from him. 

This has to do with the fact that land trusts are private documents, while most states require LLC membership to be reported on the public record with the Secretary of state.

I’m looking at buying a foreclosure and the listing reads, “...Seller is the Secretary of Agriculture.

In Texas, an LLC can be set up online, using a Secretary of State provided fill in form, for a filing fee of $450.00, with no annual tax due.  

The LLC will also generally involve formation and annual fees to one or more Secretaries of State.

Hi Seth, I had reached out via your official contact form on the website as well as by calling your Google-listed number and talking to your secretary who said she would get the right people to call me back.