. $40K to gain access to their "franchisee" training, materials and limited rights to use their name and trademarks in promotional items and such in your investing business.

At the end of the day, holding in some type of entity is the way to go...it just makes more sense.If you create an LLC, you should be able to specify how long it will last...I put something like 2000 years...just in case :) But the LLC can be useful for lots of things, and your holdings can ebb and flow through them...a good strategy is to buy through a holding company and then hold each property in an LLC...LLC's are great...I use a main one to do things like register trade marks.

Hmmmmm I wonder if I should have trademarked that name . 

Not sure if it makes a difference but has the trademark wall boards that are covered by trim strips on the vertical seams.

As for intellectual property rights, The SIC acts as the Colombian patent and trademark office which runs well and is the second fastest office in the world for  patent applications besides, Colombia ranked 53 out of 190 economies for ease of registering property, according to the 2017 Doing Business report, the same ranking it received in 2016. 

Lots of kinks to work out including copywrite and trademark issues, privacy, ethical issues, defamation, etc. but that's expected.

Like @Jeremy T. said, "we buy houses" is a trademarked term (which doesn't mean you can't use it in your content) so you'll want to stay away from having that exact phrase (those 3 words together) in your domain.

I think my username would be a good business name.I even have the trademark rights to WelcomeSiteI used to use the domain for a Flash help site.I always thought it would be my most valuable domain namebut it was another name I owned that got all the offers.I finally sold it for almost 5 figures.I always feared buying domain names was just a bad impulsive habit. lolWhat are some good real estate company names that you've seen?

I also understand that McDonald's is trademarked and Madison Storage is not. 

Our clients pay a monthly license fee and have exclusivity to the use of the brand, domain, site, and all that comes with it within their territory.We don't use too many lawyers =) but we do have a federal trademark and will defend it on behalf of our licensees as needed.