From an income tax perspective, the LLC provides you with absolutely no benefit.Even from a "anonymity" perspective - if that is a Single Member LLC, the K-1 from those syndicates is still required by the IRS to be issued directly to the beneficial owner - you.If you don't make it a single member LLC, say your spouse is also a member, now you have a partnership tax filing - if it holds a number of LLC interests, it is now a partnership filing that is a pain to file to roll all of those activities in and report it on to your personal returns.In short...most likely it is best to keep it simple. 

The math on this is simple as others have alluded to.

SIMPLE!

I'll just ask a simple question....

Some things in life are simple, and this is one of them: If your business plan depends on dishonesty and concealment, then it is wrong.

Many services offer this, a simple google search should find you a firm. 

I also go to the website (no info - just an e-mail capturing page).  

If you find the right money partner then jump on it.. if it is your goal and dream.. as long as there is enough in it for everyone to make money... and of course if you have capital then just go get a HML  that's simple enough...

If you had 25%, you would still need to borrow because you don't have 100%.Smart investing includes three simple steps: increase earnings, reduce expenses, and save.

In general, I price myself 10-15% high outside of my avg lead time, and discount fairly aggressively inside the lead time.This strategy attempts to capture both the planners who will pay a small premium to secure a good data ahead of time, and the last minute deal seekers.In general, it seems many people don’t vary between weekend and weekday pricing enough IMHO.2 ideas I’ve toyed with… in 2+ years I’ve never not booked a weekend.