Long time stalker. Just posting to thank Property Scout for this information. We followed the steps, for the state of Utah but still much the same.
– Registered the LLC, one little hiccup meant we paid $22 unnecessarily to reserve the name we wanted to register. Otherwise just the state fees.
– Paid $125 for Registered Agent annual fee. There were cheaper and probably just as good for what they do. It has worked so far.
– Free LLC Operating Agreement,
– Got an EIN by phone. It was an hour long phone call but we got there. Even at overseas phone rates it was still less than $10.

And as of yesterday we have a US bank account. Applied for in person with the above paperwork in order.