The answer to this is similar to the answer for the same question for corporations. However, with LLCs, unless the members require it in their operating agreement, there’s no requirement for meetings and consents, unless the written consents are required by a third party, like a bank. This is the reason some folks try to […]
Though I appreciate your need to be thrifty when it comes to starting a new business, this sort of money-saving approach is inadvisable. Occasionally a company will have a “division” or some other kind of structure that makes sense by way of keeping all things under one umbrella. For example, a hardware store may open […]
Limited partnerships (LP) have been the go-to entity for certain kinds of industries for years. The most prevalent use has been in real estate, where the ownership is usually made up of one person who manages the operations and the cash flow, and the rest of the partners are silent partners, or “limited partners”. Why […]
A general partnership (GP) can come in very handy when you want to be in a joint venture or some other enterprise, and liability is either not an issue, or each “partner” has their own entity for liability protection. In fact, people who start “doing something” together can find themselves in a general partnership without […]