The day before I could legally file for eviction in court, he left to a foreign country.

Spend some money on a local accountant and/or tax attorney, especially one who is versed in foreign investment requirements.    

Also, is there potential to avoid the withholding by owning the property through an LLC which in turn is wholly owned by another foreign (likely British) company?

US Tax law is based on citizenship, not residency, you face the risk of double taxation if your foreign country of choice does not operate a double taxation treaty with the US.

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Dear members,my husband and I own a property in South California (3 years now), the title is in our names. We are not US residents or green card holders. We plan to lease the property out this year. Is it too late to ...

Then we'd have the maintenance and expense of a foreign corporation, not real bad here but in some states that can be expensive for many small investor types.

I could literally ask a hundred more questions, they are all intended to be little glimmers of ideas that I know are foreign to the OP on purpose.

He mentioned something about some foreign drug dealers were depositing cash by "mules" and were not traceable by government.

(and reimburse  - without padding or markup - for any materials needed)For ex, I know that changing out a faucet shouldn't take more than 45 mins, so if a handyman tries to charge $ 150 (excluding the faucet itself)  for this simple task, i might feel exploited.Depending on where you live, quality reliable handymen can fetch between $20-50 per hour  (vs federal min wage is less than $8/hr) so this is pretty good for work that doesnt even require a high-school GED IMO.