"Beginning in January, Jerome Powell (Chairman of the Federal Reserve) plans to appear before the public after every FOMC meeting." 

According to the IRS’sOffice of Research Publication 6961, it received almost 6.4 million 1099-Cs in 2015.

You COULD place the property into a Land Trust with the LLC as the beneficiary with your partner and you as the trustees (managers,) which would help conceal your names from public record.

In addition, your costs normally over run on these smaller projects because the GC who handles the funds will need to protect themselves by building in a significant cost buffer. 

In theory you are better protected with the LLC, I'm speculating but if you screw up really bad and somebody dies on your property due to your negligence the LLC or individual ownership is not going to matter, you're going to be in a world of hurt either way.

I've read plenty of articles on here about protection from cash buyers going behind my back but no one is really saying anything useful.

Thanks @Kurt Michaelson, I've seen many of these "wholesale" contracts, unfortunately I don't think they are detailed enough to protect me.

I notice in IRS Publication 537 that real estate dealers are forbidden from using the installment method and must realize all the gain in the year of the installment sale however it references some special rules in 26 U.S.

DefaultSouth Carolina offers fewer formal protections to buyers under land contracts than the laws of many other states.

Also, in the future have all your tenants sign a mold addendum which definitely protects you prior to such issues.I would force them out by giving them a proper notice from your LEASE terms, for example I can get my property back with a 60 day notice period- which is the proper notice time by law here in Georgia.