There are guys there that bid without ever seeing the houses, we've bought houses off of them b4 but never on our own yet.

Owning these has been a completely hands off "investment". 

For context and without going into the details of my situation, they recommended setting up a revocable trust and then setting up a Wyoming LLC as a holding company, then setting up a New York LLC owned by the Wyoming LLC holding company to hold the property for the asset protection and anonymity.However like I said I am getting conflicting information/advice.

They were property managers, leasing agents, worked in finance or acquisitions, etc.  

Quote from @Samuel Diouf: Hey Tom,@Patrick Drury is an avid investor and agent who finds great deals in Cleveland, Ohio. 

He left on his own, but when all was said and done, he owed me over $8,000 in unpaid rent and damages to the property.The lesson I learned was to have my processes in place and treat this like a business.

He lived (or may still live) in Brooklyn for many years and covers all of NYC.Shooting you a PM.Best,AbelHi AbelI believe you know me already as your firm were buyers agent on the property.

He and Kristin Beach scammed dozens of people to the tune of millions from their companies “Land Flipping 101”, “Six Figure Land Flipper”, “One Away Ventures”, “Top Dog Land Deals”, he also owns “Griffin River House”, and more.

We really stretched ourselves thin. we did not perform our own inspections because we were busy raising finances .. and our agent insisted we use the same company who did the initial inspections to “get a report in our name” .. we went for visual inspection with our agent and found the master bathtub was  upside down — they said there was a chip and seller was fixing the tub.

Almost all assumable loans are FHA or VA loans, which I believe have to be closed in your own name.