It used to be that you only had to declare the actual owner of a LLC purchasing a property if the value at sale was over, IIRC, $1.5 million. In NYC that's a ty

It used to be that you only had to declare the actual owner of a LLC purchasing a property if the value at sale was over, IIRC, $1.5 million. In NYC that's a typical 1-2 bedroom apartment. They (Treasury Dept?) recently lowered that to $300K. Reminds me of the line from an old NPR podcast: "If you are not a US citizen, the US is one of the best countries for money laundering due to our strong privacy and banking laws."