In this week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a question that I don't get asked a lot about, but it sometimes comes up, and that's what kind of business entity they should form.  Should I form an LLC, or a corporation, or something else?  That's the question.  Now,...

Once again, this week is Thanksgiving, and while you may be already on your Thanksgiving vacation, the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter is coming out just in time for the holiday.  I apologize if you're not reading this until you get back on Monday, but I want to take a moment aside from ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I get asked about on occasion by real estate people, and that's holding companies.  Usually someone wants to buy real estate investment properties and asks what the best way to do that is.  Sometimes they ask i...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I probably should get asked more about than I actually do.  In fact, this past week, a client came to me about an asset purchase agreement but mentioned also a lease that would be involved once he purchased a b...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that I am sometimes asked about, and that's how an LLC can become a corporation, or more likely, how a corporation can become an LLC.  This process is what is called a “conversion,” which is a strange term, becaus...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that doesn't come up enough.  This is especially true when I deal with clients, maybe a single-member LLC owner, or even a multi-member LLC owner if it's just two members.  In these cases, someone formed an LLC wi...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I get often asked about, in one form or another, and that is partnership disputes.  This sometimes comes up as a litigation question, but sometimes it's not being litigated at all.  Sometimes its mutual and bus...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that I don't get asked about enough, but should be asked more often, and that's buying and selling a business.  I've touched on this subject before in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter but wanted to tal...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that I get asked about occasionally, but not the way I should be asked about it.  Usually, the prospective client will ask me something along the lines of, “Here's a non-compete agreement I want my employees or in...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that I probably don't get asked about enough, and that's the sale of commercial property.  Whether the sale is a part of buying and selling an actual business concern, or is separate from it, commercial real estate ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up more with my transactional clients, especially those interested in forming a business with “partner(s),” and what business entity I will recommend.  This also comes up when certain clients have already...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up frequently with my litigation clients, both those who are facing lawsuits, and also with those where they are suing other businesses, etc., and that's where can their small business be sued.  Equally i...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to continue to talk about topics that relate to the construction industry.  I get a lot of inquiries about construction disputes, and also how to prevent them.  One area that I get asked about a lot is independent contractors, and how to...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something else that I get asked about, in different ways, and that is issues in the construction industry.  We've had several clients, both former and current clients, who have had issues in the construction industry.  Whet...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that I get asked about a lot in an LLC where there is more than one owner, and that's problems with business partners.  This can come in the form of a business partner who is a problem, or who is causing a problem...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about an important topic, that is a core practice area for my law firm, Liberty Legal Solutions, LLC, and that's commercial collections.  What is a commercial collections practice?  Many people are familiar with debt collection, ...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to discuss a topic related to last week's blog and email newsletter.  Last week, I answered the question, “What is the best business structure for a rental property?”  Because many of my clients here at Liberty Legal Solutions, LLC, have...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to pick up on a topic from a few weeks ago.  A lot of real estate investors come to me, and they want to know about structuring their holding companies.  However, they also want to know about structuring for their individual rental prope...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that I get asked about from time to time, and that is partnership disputes, and what's involved in them.  Sometimes this comes up with someone who is a member of an LLC, and they are having issues with the oth...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that has come up from time to time with some of my real estate clients, and that's what business structure they should use for a real estate holdings company.  I frequently get asked, “Should I place my house in a t...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that I wish many of my clients would ask me about more often.  I handle a ton of breach of contract lawsuits for my clients, of various sorts and sizes, but they all have some different things in common.  Ther...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that often comes up with my business formation clients, especially those that are starting a new LLC and its two or more “partners” forming the business together.  In such a case, the LLC operating agreement needs t...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I'm going to take a deeper dive into a topic I discussed a few weeks ago.  A few weeks ago in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I talked about the basics of a commercial lease agreement.  In today's Freedom Friday blog and email new...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to pick up where we left off in last week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter.  Last week, I answered the question, “How can a small business resolve non-payment invoices?”  I talked about some strategies to effectively resolve ac...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a common topic, which I get asked about very frequently by both clients and prospective clients, and that's how can my small business deal with non-paying customers?  Sometimes invoices are past due 30 days, 60 days, or eve...