There were several articles on the landlords here in the Boston area doing just that.  

I've read tons of articles of unethical practices i.e. the "straw buyers" stories are interesting.

It's very possible, once you have the right team in place....it doesn't really matter where you are physically located...

You can type in keywords and look at past threads on LLC (3,407 of them) or even articles (141 of them) Here are a few:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/17/rental-properties-llc/http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/76999-llchttp://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2024/blog_posts/18389-why-llcs-beat-corporations-in-real-estate

Instead I have to physically pick up this triplicate carbon copy thing down at the courthouse.

Here is a brief article on reglazing if you are not familiar with it.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/realestate/30hom...

That is, until my search brought me to articles put out by BP!

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

I started doing some research and about a month and a half ago I came across a really good article that led me to BP, and boy and I'm happy that I found this website.  

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.