I like my privacy, I like my space, etc... you'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice in your day to day living for the next few years and trade that against maximizing your return long term.

My FB privacy settings are friends and F of F so I'm not sure they could find me anyway.

They wind up being either unusable space or just storage since today people want a door on a bedroom and dont want a walk through bedroom for lack of privacy.

But you cannot get a tax return easily.Part of the idea of LLCs is to put a layer of privacy between the members and the public.

Privacy, yes, in that the identification of beneficiaries is not typically public, with the exception of Arizona statute.Due to the wide variety of trust objectives, you cannot assume that they will follow a given pattern.

My LLC name is "(mynamehere)properties.Recently a friend of mine told me that setting up your LLC provides privacy benefits.

The reason I wanted to have the property in the LLC name was mainly so that the rent check would be to the LLC as opposed to my personal name for privacy and business distinction purposes.

Keep in mind, in writing the book, I would not be surprised if he change "unimportant" elements of the book to reserve privacy.

I want to protect my privacy as much as possible also.

Even if you setup the LLC you still need liability insurance carried in your name to protect YOU.If it is privacy you seek, there are much better ways to do it.