The biggest difference here is that the Auditors office shows $0 as the transfer(sale) price.

Hey @Ryan Moore your old agent should be able to reinstate your old policy depending on the time frame. the agent may have used information off the county auditor site which could have frame construction.

I know that I can simply quit claim the properties to the LLC, however this leaves a trail on the auditor website for my county, which would show that I transferred a property via quit claim to an LLC for $0... which makes it pretty clear that the LLC belongs to me. 

Previously I was an auditor of investment companies and what I am coming to find out is that I really don't enjoy accounting work.

Thanks for your Advice guys, Normally I go with Zillow Just sold and the Auditors site but sometimes there aren’t any valid comps to be used.

@Jose ValdezThe most accurate way is to check the Franklin County Auditor website by the specific property address http://property.franklincountyauditor.com/_web/search/commonsearch.aspx?

When I researched this carefully a few years ago, I ran across some guidelines for use by auditors to try to disprove this classification ("real estate professional") that basically said "rental property management is easy, anyone who makes this claim based on managing a few properties is lying."

Look up who owns the properties you’re interested in on local website like an auditors site. look on Zillow, find houses that have been sitting on the market for X days, try to find the owner & see if you can lease it 

Me having auditor background just makes me skeptical of everything all the time. 😄 So BP is no different for me in terms of reliability, I'm pretty sure BP also says they don't vet people on here and provide no assurance on anything you see here as legitimate. 

But taxes can be higher, so make sure to double check county auditor site.