You should consult an attorney or CPA for your specific situation.ANONYMITY: When you create the LLC, your name is recorded on the documents and published on the Secretary of State website for all to see.

The repayment of the financing be payable to the seller as a dividend?

They have an investor that they collect the rents for, take care of all his accounts payable, work invoices & run the entire 13 properties on quick books.They also issue the 3 day pay or quit but the attorney does the evictions per se.

I had articles published in CCIM magazine, Real Deal, Craig’s, Houston Business Journal, etc.

Although I didn't get the tax breaks 1099s got, there were other aspects of being a W-2 I enjoyed (such as being paid within a couple of weeks after turning in my signed timesheet -- my cashflow was steady and the agency dealt with the client's accounts payable department).

One exception is some title companies require a small deposit for them to start the title work, or perhaps an appraisal (I do not require them).Any fees you pay up front should be payable to a third party only. 

The Ohio Division of Real Estate recently published some yearly reports that detailed all of the fines, punishments, license suspensions and license revocations they've issued to people for illegal activity.Below you'll see wholesalers who were fined for illegally brokering real estate as well as an Agent who was fined and had his license suspended for working with wholesalers. 

Propstream published a blog on landlord-friendly states a few months ago - check it out here.Lastly, you may want to consider househacking locally if you're already paying rent in NY.

@Devin Scott They are published here in a local newspaper as well as going to that newspapers site, clicking legal notices and then foreclosures

You probably have legal notice publications, a borrower will be over 30 days late by the time such is published, probably many more days late, like 90+ and moving through pre-foreclosure.If you have access to credit reporting agencies, the limitation there is that you only see over 30, 60, 90 day lates and you need authorization to pull a report.