Question: I figured I would ask... but is there a way to have the Get part of a property available as public, but keep the set as private?

Otherwise I am thinking I need two properties or a property and a method, just figured this would be cleaner.

Answer: 
Yes, quite straight forward:

```
Private _name As String

Public Property Name() As String
    Get
        Return _name
    End Get
    Private Set(ByVal value As String)
        _name = value
    End Set
End Property

```
I'm not sure what the minimum required version of Visual Studio is, but in VS2015 you can use 

```
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String

```

It is read-only for public access but can be privately modified using `_Name`