Author: Jake Lawson
Should You Form an LLC for Each Rental Property? The Real Estate Investor’s Protection Playbook [2025]
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Short answer: For most real estate investors, yes—especially for your first 10 properties. After 15 years helping over 1,200 entrepreneurs structure their businesses (including…
Should Your LLC Name Include a Comma? The Truth About Professional Naming
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist One of the most common questions I get from entrepreneurs is whether their LLC name should be “ABC Company, LLC” or “ABC Company LLC”—with…
When to Form Your Real Estate LLC: The Timing Mistake That Costs Investors Millions
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Here’s the expensive truth about real estate LLCs: The single biggest mistake I see real estate investors make isn’t choosing the wrong property or…
Should You Form an LLC for Your Website? The Digital Entrepreneur’s Protection Guide [2025]
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Short answer: Absolutely, yes. If you’re running a website as a business—whether it’s affiliate marketing, e-commerce, blogging, SaaS, or any other online venture—you should…
Why I Started llciyo.com: My 15-Year Journey Helping Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Formation
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist People often ask me how I ended up dedicating my career to helping entrepreneurs choose the right business structures. The honest answer? I got…
Can You Use an LLC for Your Personal Residence? (The Complicated Truth)
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Short answer: Yes, you can transfer your personal residence to an LLC, but it’s more complicated than most people realize—and it might not be…
Community Property States and LLCs: What Married Entrepreneurs Need to Know
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist If you’re married and thinking about forming an LLC, where you live makes a huge difference in how the IRS treats your business. After…
Texas General Partnership: Everything’s Bigger, Including the Risks
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Here’s the Texas-sized truth: General partnerships might seem appealing because they’re free to form, but they come with liability risks as big as the…
Oregon General Partnership: Why “Keep Portland Weird” Shouldn’t Include Your Business Structure [2025 Guide]
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Let me be brutally honest: Yes, you can form a general partnership in Oregon with literally zero state paperwork. But after 15 years helping…
Sole Proprietorship: Why “Easy” Might Be the Most You’ll Ever Make [2025 Guide]
By Jake Lawson, LLC Formation Strategist Let me cut straight to the chase: Yes, starting a sole proprietorship is ridiculously easy—you literally just start doing business and poof, you’re a…