Hello Community,

We are just getting started with our buy and hold real-estate company working on getting our first deal. We have an LLC tilted Fawcett & Co. Our goal is to run this business with integrity and in such a way that we would be proud to have our name on it. But I have heard that it might not be wise to use our last name? What are your thoughts and preferences when it comes to using a last name in your business name? Thanks, in advanced!

Thomas and Jenn

Originally posted by @Thomas Fawcett :

Hello Community,

We are just getting started with our buy and hold real-estate company working on getting our first deal. We have an LLC tilted Fawcett & Co. Our goal is to run this business with integrity and in such a way that we would be proud to have our name on it. But I have heard that it might not be wise to use our last name? What are your thoughts and preferences when it comes to using a last name in your business name? Thanks, in advanced!

Thomas and Jenn

Bad idea, for a whole lot of reasons. Can you predict the future? Why even have an LLC then?

The idea of holding a property in an LLC is asset-protection . If someone sues you based on a mishap on your property , you want the attorney to have a hard time finding the owner. You dont want to "own" anything , while controlling everything

The attorney is going to find the owner of the LLC in 5 seconds. It’s in your state website’s business tab.

Johnson and Johnson companies

Ford motor company

Every attorney office in town

And about a million other companies have names in them

Worked out fine for these people.