Otherwise anyone can look up your entity on the Secretary of State's website and see that the LLC is you.That said, we also use land trusts for property ownership and anonymity in the public record, but the principal is the same - the beneficiary (owner) of the land trust is still a taxpayer.One other thing to note, and an attorney or an accountant will tell you this as well.

Half the reason for my establishing entities is for a layer anonymity.

When creating a land trust to hold a piece of property for anonymity reasons (or to transfer a property out of your personal name and into an LLC, which is the beneficiary of the trust), a common practice seems to be to name the land trust after the property address, ex. "123 Main Trust". 

I agree with Boyd, we have an LLC to acquire the notes but put them in a personal property trust to maximize anonymity.

I feel it is always best to be the anonymous landlord. 

And I understand that land trust just helps with anonymity.

My private lender has asked to remain anonymous, but the Realtor (me) was outstanding!

My private lender has asked to remain anonymous, but the Realtor (me) was outstanding!

I have no idea who buys it from me because the stock exchange anonymizes the parties to the transaction (only the exchange and the SEC might know because they monitor stock transactions in their ongoing search for market manipulation and insider trading).

They primarily function as a way to compartmentalize your liability, but when structured correctly can remove your name from public records to provide anonymity and would include an operating company to separate the higher risk activities (repairs, rent collection, property management, etc.) from your assets.