“Today we’ll set up a private revocable living trust under an anonymous entity name.

The trust will hold the bank accounts, which keeps your own name completely off the public tax rolls.”

“Can a trust purchase real estate without my family seeing my name in the county records?” I asked.

“A trust that’s set up properly works like a steel vault,” Mr.

Vance said.

“No one can see inside unless you give them the key.”

He slid three thick blue paper folders across the desk and passed me his pen.