Im aware most are held at the courthouse steps, whats the dates those are held.

(Anecdotally, the typical response is likely to be "Oh, no issues for Illinois, except that Landlord must designate wither the security deposit will be held in an interest bearing account or a non-interest bearing account", or some other very minor comment.) 

They knew it was me, always gave me the stink eye, but I just held eye contact and they never did anything, eventually got kicked out by the landlord and had trashed the house.

I made it part of the purchase agreement and held a hefty deposit in escrow. they moved out without incident.

As @Andrew B. stated, the third time I tried to do this with an FHA loan got held up because they didn't believe I'd actually move. 

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Is anyone tracking the REO activity of asset managers/pe funds/hedge funds that bought up and foreclosed on loans acquired as part of DASP? I imagine that some of these assets are getting long in th...

You can’t see the metal roof from these pictures. 

My loan amount is the full purchase price.From Bank, it's 80% loan, 20% down payment held at bank as a CD in the seller's name which they can take back as collateral if I was to get upside down.From Seller, it's a sale with 80% paid and 20% held as a CD to be released once I reach my 20% equity mark in my loan.

I was never given any sort of receipt, statement of condition, or information on where my security deposit would be held.

If they are doing the rehab, they could always file a mechanic's lien to get paid.Depending on the lender, you can definitely set up an LLC for the financing but they'll usually want the LLC to have seasoned assets such as down payment and working capital held in the LLC bank account for about 90 days.