If you're looking for anonymity, hard money, syndications, or have used up all your conventional loans available, move to LLC. 3.

[For anonymity, if you prefer a private response, please feel free to send me a private message, and if you are OK, I can help consolidate those as a follow up.] 

When you have more assets or a larger company, states like Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming may make sense if you are looking for charging order protection, anonymity, business friendly case law, etc. 

I'm interested in owning LTRs through LLCs both for asset protection and anonymity benefits.

Why don't you have a history of commenting AT ALL in these forums if it means so much to you and these topics are so near and dear to you.Because from my perspective, it looks like you just commented using a thoroughly anonymous profile to paint me as a racist.

@Joe VilleneuveI agree that there could be many disadvantages to be a next door landlord and yes most likely if that were the case, it’s probably smart to be anonymous....but there are a few advantages as well.

You can create Land trusts that do not change anything for taxes, do not trigger the $800 extortion, provide some anonymity, however they do not really provide any asset protection, from what I understand.Some investors and lawyers believe that a more complex structure combining land trusts with out-of-state LLCs can defeat the $800 CA ransom while still providing asset protection for the out-of-state properties.

I heard a podcast about a women who made an Internet comment that annoyed someone, and the other person contacted her employer, landlord, many other anonymously, and tried to ruin her life.I suggest throughout credit and background screening, and renter references if possible, and go from there.

@Jason FlintHow do you feel about the trade off on properties not being in the LLC name anymore (or ever depending on if you changed that) I’m always nervous about that and find value in anonymity at scale.

A LLC is not going to guarantee you anonymity or complete liability protection.