The management election on your LLC filing decides who can bind the company. Here's what each one means and how to change it.

Structures fit the business you had when you built them. Here's how to tell when yours no longer fits.

An LLC doesn't put your ownership interest out of reach. Here's what a personal creditor can and can't do.

Series LLCs promise separation without separate entities. Here's where that promise holds and where it hasn't been tested.

A business built during a marriage is usually marital property. Here's what that means and what documents help.

Mixing business and personal money is the most common way liability protection fails. Here's what counts.

Transferring a mortgaged property to an LLC can trigger a due-on-sale clause. Here's what to check before you record a deed.

A single-member LLC protects less than most owners assume. Here's what it does and where it stops.

Bringing in a second member changes your taxes, your documents, and your obligations. Here's the order to do it in.

Holding companies serve real purposes and get sold for imaginary ones. Here's the difference.

Most institutional investors want a corporation. Here's why, and what conversion involves.

Licensed professionals often can't use an ordinary LLC. Here's what changes and what it doesn't protect.

More entities isn't automatically better. Here's how to think about the trade-off between separation and cost.

For many small businesses, insurance does more work than an entity does. Here's how to think about the two together.