Most people of means understand that with today's technology, anyone with an interest can discover what they own and gather a great deal of information about them through public records. County appraisal districts list every property you own, its value, and your home address. The Texas Secretary of State shows every LLC or corporation in your name. Court records, liens, professional licenses — it's all free, online, and searchable by anyone.
What anyone can find about you in 60 seconds online: your home address, every property you own, every business entity in your name, purchase prices, appraised values, and mortgage information. All of it free and searchable.
What if there were a way to shield your identity while protecting your assets — and become effectively a "financial ghost"? That's exactly what the Ghost LLC™ delivers — our done-for-you solution powered by the proprietary FlexTrust LLC™ structure.
Watch this short video to learn how:
Picture this: you're sitting at a red light. Someone rear-ends you — clearly their fault. You exchange information. While waiting for police, you notice the other driver on their phone. They're not calling their insurance company. They're searching your name.
Within 60 seconds, they can find where you live, what properties you own, what businesses you own, and the approximate value of your assets. They haven't even talked to an attorney yet — but they already know you own six rental properties and a nice house in a good neighborhood.
Suddenly this "minor fender bender" becomes a $100,000 injury claim. Why? Because they know you have assets to pursue.
When someone gets injured, their attorney does immediate research: Does this person own real estate? Do they own businesses? What's the approximate asset value? Then they make a decision.
⚠️ Everything Public
County records show 8 rental properties
Total appraised value: $2.4M
3 LLCs in your name
$600K house
Attorney's decision: "File lawsuit for $500,000+"
✓ With the Ghost LLC™
No properties in your name
No businesses in your name
Appears to rent an apartment
No obvious assets
Attorney's decision: "Settle for insurance limits, not worth pursuing"
Same assets, completely different outcome — based entirely on what's publicly visible. Make yourself an uncertain target, and you avoid many lawsuits entirely.
Every Ghost LLC is built on our proprietary FlexTrust LLC™ structure — a trust-formed Series LLC that combines:
The privacy of an anonymous revocable living trust
The asset protection of a properly structured Texas Series LLC
The estate planning benefits that avoid probate entirely
This trust is not an ordinary trust. This LLC is not an ordinary LLC. Together, they create a structure where your name appears nowhere in public records, each property is protected in its own separate series, and everything transfers seamlessly when you die — no probate.
YOU (founder, trustee, beneficiary)
↓ controls — not publicly listed
ANONYMOUS REVOCABLE TRUST
(e.g., "2025 Family Trust")
↓ owns and manages
TEXAS SERIES LLC
(e.g., "Austin Holdings LLC")
├── Series A → Property 1
├── Series B → Property 2
├── Series C → Property 3
└── Series D → Property 4
What public records show: Property is owned by "Austin Holdings LLC, Series A." The LLC was formed by "2025 Family Trust." The registered agent is a professional service. No individual name appears anywhere.
To connect you to your properties, someone would need to file a lawsuit against the LLC, conduct formal discovery, and subpoena LLC records. But here's the key: they have to file the lawsuit before knowing whether you have assets worth pursuing. Most attorneys won't take that risk.
People use trusts for many reasons — to avoid probate, create a private estate, streamline asset administration, and plan for incapacity. While our approach uses an anonymous trust to form the LLC, it's important to understand how trusts work.
There are only two types of trusts. They may be called different names, but each falls into one of two categories: a revocable (living) trust that can be modified or dissolved, or an irrevocable trust that cannot. For the FlexTrust LLC, we use a revocable trust because the real protection comes from the LLC inside the trust. The trust is used primarily for its anonymity and estate planning features.
Key fact: Trusts are not filed anywhere. Unlike LLCs, there is no public registration. The creator's identity is known only by the trustee and their advisors. This is the foundation of your privacy.
A trust works much like a corporation. The founder creates it (you), the trustee controls it (you), and the beneficiary receives benefits from it (you, then your heirs). In a revocable living trust, you play all three roles — giving you complete control and total anonymity.
Critical privacy rule: Never use your name in the trust name. "2025 Family Trust" preserves anonymity. "The John Smith Trust" destroys it.
Prior to 2009, an LLC could only safely hold one property, because all assets of an LLC are available to its creditors. If you owned five properties in one LLC, a lawsuit at Property #1 put all five at risk. The old solution was to form five separate LLCs — expensive and complicated.
The Texas Series LLC changed everything. The main LLC (the "Master") can create multiple series — mini-LLCs within the structure. By law, each series is legally distinct with its own assets, its own bank account, and most importantly — no liability for other series.
A lawsuit at Property A in Series A cannot reach properties in Series B, C, or D. They are legally separate entities. But instead of paying for four separate LLC formations, four tax returns, and four registered agents, you pay for one.
With a trust-owned Series LLC, the most anyone can discover from public records is the name of the incorporator and registered agent. Since anyone can act as a registered agent — a friend, our firm, or another company — you can create a Texas Series LLC without revealing your identity. The state asks who the managing member is, but when the member is a trust, the names of the trustees are not required.
🔒 Total Anonymity
Your name appears nowhere — not on property deeds, not in Secretary of State filings, not searchable in public records. The Ghost LLC makes you a "financial ghost."
🛡️ Asset Protection
Each property is isolated in its own series. A lawsuit at one property doesn't affect the others. The LLC provides a liability shield with charging order protection.
⚖️ Probate Avoidance
Trust ownership means no probate. Properties transfer immediately when you die — no court process, no public record, no probate attorney fees.
🤝 Seamless Estate Transition
Your successor trustee takes over instantly. Properties stay in the same series. No disruption to tenants or operations. Heirs inherit according to your terms.
Tax neutral structure. This entire structure is "tax neutral" — meaning all income and losses flow out of the LLC, through the trust, and onto your personal tax return (Schedule E). No entity-level taxation, no additional tax forms for the trust. Tax neutral means no change to your tax situation.
Is this legal?
Absolutely. Anonymous LLC formation is completely legal. You're not hiding assets from the government — the IRS still gets your tax returns. You're simply choosing not to make private business information publicly searchable. It's the same concept as an unlisted phone number or P.O. Box.
Won't this make it harder to do business?
No. The LLC functions normally — it opens bank accounts, signs contracts, buys and sells property. The only difference is public searchability. Banks, title companies, and lenders work with trust-owned LLCs regularly.
What if I'm sued anyway?
The LLC still provides asset protection if properly maintained. The anonymity makes you less likely to be targeted in the first place. If someone does sue, discovery eventually reveals ownership — but they already filed the lawsuit without knowing your assets were worth pursuing.
Can I do this myself?
Technically possible, but easy to make mistakes that destroy your privacy — using your address in filings, signing as organizer, listing yourself in optional fields. This strategy requires a minimum of ten separate steps, each done with precision. If your structure is set up incorrectly, you may not know until it's too late.
Who is this for?
Real estate investors with multiple properties, high-net-worth individuals who value privacy, business owners who want to separate business from personal assets, and anyone concerned about public exposure of their financial information.
Before considering any type of estate planning, understand that you have two estates — a probate estate and a non-probate estate. Some assets are not subject to probate and will not be affected by any type of will or trust — life insurance, joint bank accounts, transfer-upon-death designations, retirement accounts with beneficiaries.
However, real estate, business ownership, and anything with a title is subject to probate. Without proper planning, your heirs face a 6–12 month court process, public record of your assets, court fees and attorney costs that drain 3–7% of your estate value, and frozen assets during the entire process.
With the Ghost LLC, the trust owns the LLC, the LLC owns the properties. Nothing is in your probate estate. Your successor trustee takes over immediately — no court, no delays, no public record.
A complete estate plan must incorporate your wishes across both estates — probate and non-probate. Besides providing asset protection and total financial privacy, our goal is to minimize or even eliminate probate entirely.
We'll review your current asset exposure, determine the optimal FlexTrust LLC™ structure for your situation, and provide a clear implementation plan — no obligation, no pressure.