This might involve space-saving furniture solutions, clever storage options, and layouts that enhance flow and usability.Strong Brand Identity: A well-designed property can help establish a strong brand identity for your short-term rental business.

He probably wrote it up on a MS Word or Google Doc, no notary seal or anything to certify his identity and uploaded it to DocuSign "Name of person promise to pay Becca F. the sum of $$$$.....

You may want to somewhat hide your identity from tenants though, which if set up correctly, an LLC can do.You didn't ask, but... you should ask your PMC a LOT of questions about HOW they will execute their services and how they will communicate with you.

This would allow us to retain the tax identity of the partnership but also split the purchases between each of the partners. 

You can have 2 identical properties with same rent income, but the expenses and capex will be different.

What if you took each one of these properties and put on 50% leverage and bought an identical set of properties.  

If they attempt to it is identity theft.

Whether that looks like one subcontractor you trust, or a company who's brand identity you can get behind.

The NC Secretary of State has what they call an eNotary, but "the process maintains the traditional safeguards of requiring the eNotary and the signer to be in the same physical location and for the identity of the signer to be verified by the eNotary." 

Secondly, transferring property doesn’t erase prior deed and mortgage records so your identity is not cloaked in secrecy.