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My experience has been that as a new LLC/not part of a syndication, you will personally secure the obligation to a credited for the LLC anyway.In my mind, having the LLC makes you think of the rentals as a business-you need an accountant, legal team, property management decisions are more streamlined, and there is some pride in your own business, as well as those are the steps larger operators have as minimum requirements, and makes you ore credible at REIAs/networking events.There are a host of other factors that are constantly debated with strong, valid arguments on both sides, and I’ll steer clear of those to stay on topic to your post.

Allocate some of the settlement sheet total cost to land since you can't depreciate land (a topic for another day).