This is known as piercing the corporate veil and occurs when the investor fails to follow corporate formalities like using separate business bank accounts.A holding company in a state with good asset protection laws and anonymity is an excellent method for keeping your personal name off the public record.

The operating company takes on all of the liability that would otherwise blow back on you including: paying property management, paying contractors, collecting rent, marketing, etc.5th pillar is owning everything anonymously.

I would have to make an anonymous purchase offer through an agent to get it because she doesn’t want me buying it.

Do not deal in anonymity, that does not exist in our industry.

How can we make contracts anonymous to limit this behavior?

Sal - yes, Google Voice virtual numbers can keep you a little more anonymous with the city.

I would suggest the anonymous land trust. 

Perhaps even if you’d like to share your story anonymously, we’d still love to hear it.

Finally, with the use of Trusts while establishing these structures you can add a level of anonymity by removing your name from public record.As your exposure increases, it is important that your protection increases with it.

There are advantages and disadvantages.Piercing the corporate veil of an LLC is relatively easy if you are slapped with a large enough lawsuit, so you can't really count on that protection.I do like the anonymity it provides, as well as the separation of assets.