In Florida the deed is public the day it records. At Banyan Tree Residences, here is what a trust or a company keeps private, and the two places privacy stops.
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The county records the deed, the documentary stamps (from which anyone can compute the price), and the name of the grantee. Property-record sites republish it within days. A buyer who signs in their own name is searchable by address and by name for as long as they own.
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A revocable trust puts the trustee’s name on the deed, which can be the buyer, a family member or a professional. A Florida or Delaware LLC puts the company’s name there; the state’s own filing then lists a registered agent and, for a Florida LLC, its managers. The price still shows through the stamps; what changes is whether a name search finds the home.
Federal reporting: entity buyers of residential property in Miami-Dade have for years been subject to beneficial-ownership reporting on all-cash purchases above a threshold, and the Corporate Transparency Act regime adds company-level reporting; counsel states the current rules on the day you sign. The building: the association, the developer and the lender all know who you are; privacy is from the public, not from the parties.
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Which form of ownership gives the privacy I want without losing homestead or the lender, and does this contract allow it? The first half is counsel’s; the second the desk answers from the purchase agreement.
Privacy is a choice made at contract. Afterwards it is a new deed.
Developer materials for Banyan Tree Residences as carried on the live dossier, verified September 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.
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Samuel Strauch is the owner of Metrik Real Estate. His team of agents represents buyers in Miami pre-construction.
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