It all depend what each LLC is doing.If LLC B owns property in State  and receive rent in state B, it only needs to be registered in state B.If LLC A is just a holding, not doing business in state B, but just owning LLC B, it does not have to be registered in state B.The concept of using a holding LLC is multiple.First as you described, if state B does not give you anonymity, you can get the anonymity of state A by having LLC A listed as sole member of LLC B.Also, and it is probably the most important point, if state B does not have good charging order protection for their LLC, you can get the excellent charging order protection of state A protecting your LLC B for outside liability.Delaware and Wyoming are two very good state to get your holding LLC in.

This year was a huge win for me and I'm very happy with the success in my real estate agency business. 

I have done sales for years in a face to face position and people can read your body language and I feel that you can win them over easier that way.

So excellent that many top corporations put all their managers through the training. 

OP should just buy it at arms length as a normal buyer would  No hard feelings, no future angst etc. everyone wins.

Since competition is always fierce in DC, I bid an additional surplus of $63,000 on the lien to win the final bid.

What other win-win deals could I possibly offer to the seller?

I am aware of wholesalers that try to make the deal into a "win-win" for both themselves and the seller, and in speaking with them I think this can actually be a potential competitive advantage.I'm relatively new to BP and still 'researching' how the majority of wholesalers operate, but it seems to me that real estate purchase option agreements are a more elegant way to conduct this type of business.I'm in the process of trying to put together a blog that, hopefully, will allow me to demonstrate this. 

I have an offer out on a triplex property I expect to win, and I would like to split out the utilities on this, though this one is a particularly hard case. 

My grandma doesn't need the big win-fall of selling a home.