Something to keep in mind is all of these entities must submit a report to FinCen by the end of this year disclosing their Beneficial Ownership Information which includes the personal identifiers of the person behind the entity.

So I totally understand how to add value to a rundown property by doing the work myself -- it's good old-fashioned sweat equity (more properly termed "trading time for money.")What I don't understand is how it works to add value (at least profitably) by hiring it out.

Randy Hughes at https://www.landtrustsmadesimple.com/ (no affiliation) has information about the forming your own land trust.

There is a lot of great information here, so you are in the right spot.

There is a TON of great information here on BP (unfortunately also a lot of bad information).

Here is a link for key questions to ask the various dev team members who you'll hire to execute your strategy as well: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Z0B7mV--YRtVN3TJhez...Just shoot me a DM if you'd like to connect. 

Dear BP members,I'm in the process of purchasing my first property in Ohio within the next 1-3 months and am seeking information on financing options for a Canadian investing in Ohio.

Thanks for this information.

I did visit one lot (construction not yet started) in SW Florida for which I found no deragotary information during my Internet research, but when I drove through the neighborhood, it looked problematic.  

I'm purchasing several properties and I would like to set them up as lease options and hire a management company to manage them.