The April 2017 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®:Brandy Guthrie, 2017 President of the Austin Board of REALTORS­® commented, “After a slow beginning to the year, increases in single-family home sales, homes on the market, and housing inventory across the region in April 2017 indicate that the Central Texas housing market is ramping up for a strong summer selling season.”Here are the basic stats on single-family homes sales for April 2017 for the city of Austin and the greater Austin area:Strong housing development activity is fueling single-family sales growth across Central Texas:“The Austin area is delivering more lots than ever before, and as a result we’re seeing strong gains in new home starts so far this year, particularly in suburban areas in northeast Travis County and throughout Williamson County,” said Vaike O’Grady, Austin Regional Director for Metrostudy.

Yes areas change, grow, or decline...buyers change to renters and vice versa however the core of our investments don't change.

My question is simply are there any tax benefits to holding my properties in an LLC vice holding them in my name? 

I can definitely see the merits of classroom study vs. on line and vice versa.

- I set up the LLC with me as the President...will it show on any public record either through the loan or when the property is deeded over?

So maybe I would only need 8-12 units owned outright vice the 35 with leverage to achieve similar cash flow.

I'll bet you know many more people whose kids have fewer children than the parents then vice versa.

Many roof lines are actually separated, but some aren't, so obviously some complication there if the neighbor doesn't want to replace the roof and you do (or vice versa).

For multi-family I regularly see counties where property type works great, but they have no data for number of units, and vice versa.

You can do what you want, but I have a lot of paid for rentals and it doesn't matter what the economy does, if jobs increase or decrease, or who the President is.