That is typically very easy with the secretary of state.

Go the state secretaries website and know where you live.

@Tom CamardaCheck with the Texas Secretary of State office regarding registering a foreign business in the state. 

If so, is it profitable or just unpaid secretarial work?

., I understand that the statutory representative needs a physical address in the state, and that address is disclosed on the Secretary of State documents.

They even have very tight rules as to what our assistants can and can't do, such as if I were to hire a non-licensed secretary or whatever.

In most states, you can be invisible to someone searching the secretary of state site for ownership.

You'll find some very experienced investor's and they're willing to share their knowledge with new investor's.As for the LLC, you can either set it up yourself on the Oregon Secretary of State's website (not recommended), or you can work with an attorney (one who specializes in real estate would be best) to set it up for you (recommended), which should run you around $600 initially (depending on the complexity) and $100 a year to renew.Good luck.

Secretary Ben Carson said the decision will "provide homeowners with some peace of mind during these trying times."

Georgia shouldn't tax 100% of the income.John - one thing you may want to look into is that even though Tennessee does not have a state income tax - they do have a franchise/gross receipts tax that you may be subject to.One other thing to factor in is that your LLC will need to register with the Secretary of State as a foreign LLC in the new state that you do business in.