A loaf of bread is $7.The last thing you want to do is lose a great cleaning person over $25.

IRS liens follow the person so they might be willing to negotiate.

@Ahmad Aram It can be harder to purchase homes using an LLC as opposed to your personal name.

Thus whatever deal the person is marketing better have some strong financials and considerable equity of their own in the deal.This is just the reality of todays market place

More specific: how do you personally keep records? 

I also know that in many cases the llc will protect my personal assets and I fully believe this is either analysis paralysis or just fear of failure. 

As that will at least help folks that you reach out to know that you are a real person, with a picture and professional bio.

It sounds like the title will be transferred to a land trust, and my LLC or I personally will be the land trust beneficiary.

Does anyone have any knowledge on whether I can represent myself in a transaction with a builder on the purchase of a new construction home for myself as an actively licensed broker in WA Seattle area and collect or s...

Which means I may well have been the only person foolish enough to bid on it, among the billions of people with internet access.On the other hand, the fact that the owner didn't pay taxes since 2018 is not a big red flag.