Originally posted by @Carini Rochester:
I did it all myself using (I think) a NYS website. A few weeks after I completed the work on their website, I got some mailings from several companies telling me that I had to advertise the new LLC in several business journals (or something like that.) My research showed that that was true. So, I hired one of those companies to handle the advertising. Then a few weeks later they mailed me the receipts, and copies of the advertising, and then I got something from the state telling me the LLC was formed and legal. (Something like that. It was about two years ago and some of the memories are fuzzy. But I know I didn't hire a lawyer. I have opened a checking account, a credit card, bought a property and borrowed money (the mortgage) with that LLC.)
Yes I learned about having to advertise for 6 weeks and they want to charge $375 sounds pricey, but I'm sure worth it.
