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Updated almost 9 years ago,
Business- Personal anonymity / Professional Appearance
How important is separation or anonymity between my business and personal when I'm using my home as the registered place of business for my LLC, and using a work cell phone for investing. It was never an issue in the past when I had rentals. I'm new to note investing and I'm not sure I'm comfortable when negotiating note sellers but more importantly, with non-paying borrowers, having my home address as my registered LLC or on business correspondence, and my work cell phone coming up as my employers name on a land line caller ID.
Should I set up a P.O. Box established for my business instead of using my home address? Does it really matter when LLC registration info is public record in my state?
I use my employer cell phone for everything (work, investing, personal), as I ported my number in from my old business when I started and is the understanding with my employer. The problem is my cell phone comes up as my (day job) company's name on land line caller IDs. On cell phones, it comes up as my cell number. I've considered a second phone line on my work cell or a virtual line through Grasshopper (which doesn't help the caller ID issue), but haven't found a good solution. Anyone who looks up my name on LinkedIn would know that I have a day job our side of investing, so it's not like's it a huge secret.
I intend to set up a separate email address and website for my investing business separate from my personal and work email for the sake of separation and for professional appearance. Should I follow suit with my business address and phone line as well?