What is the difference between the Trusts in your diagram?

  • The Living Trust is part of your Estate Plan. It doesn’t make you anonymous, but it allows your heirs to bypass probate, which keeps them anonymous.
  • Each LLC is controlled by an Agent Trust, which is a revocable common law Trust that makes the LLC anonymous to the Secretary of State and avoids having your name listed as the Manager or Member.
  • Each property is controlled by a Land Trust, which makes the property anonymous on the land record level by listing a Nominee Trustee at the County or Town Recorder instead of using your own name. 
  • The Offshore Trust is designed to gain the last 1% of protection if in the event you end up with an activist judge and end up needing to get funds outside the jurisdiction of the USA.
  • Corporate Transparency Act: You will not lose your anonymity when you submit your Beneficial Owner Information to FinCen. This is an extension and formalization of the information the IRS already has.