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Primary Residence using LLC Questions
I'm looking to purchase a primary residence. Due to my profession, I need to maintain some level of anonymity -- i.e. need to avoid people easily searching for my name on the county deed/property websites. (Not trying to avoid taxes or anything similar)
It seems that utilizing a LLC, established in New Mexico/Wyoming for example, may be the best way to achieve this, as a holding company. Additionally, for estate planning reasons, the LLC would be owned by my revocable living trust. A EIN and associated bank account would be created for the LLC -- and the property paid for by the LLC (no financing associated with this property).
A few quick questions:
a. Are there any immediate or downstream issues that I may be overlooking with this type of setup?
b. Under this setup, if I decided to sell the residence after 2 years, does the Capital Gain Exclusion (Section 121) still apply? (Single Member LLC ("disregarded entity"), owned by my revocable living trust).
Additional note: The State of primary residence does not consider owning real or personal property as transacting business -- thus, registration of the foreign LLC would not be required.