So incorporating, Fed EIN#, business plan even business bank acct are a few of the first business steps that help you present yourself to private money lenders on a different scale.  

Incorporate it into your branding.

I do believe it is very hard to make a lot of money fast unless you have a lot of capital to throw around or unless you incorporate an active dynamic to your business.

Luckily we have friends and family who are interested in investing through us, but we're a bit stuck trying to sort out the best way to structure our investment vehicle.We've talked to a lawyer and an accountant and the general advice seems to be to incorporate in Canada, and issue shares to investors, however we're not sure what kind of share structure to go with (how many different classes of shares, whether we should issue voting shares as well or just non-voting shares, in what form investors will see returns, etc). 

My questions is, would I need to first start a business initially before creating a buyer list and contacting investors, and should I start a LLC or Incorporation?

My questions is, would I need to first start a business initially before creating a buyer list and contacting investors, and should I start a LLC or Incorporation?

Our first step was to incorporate a bunch of LLC's through an affiliate company lf theirs called NCH.

In order to make the aforementioned possible, we have chosen to go with remove the formal dining room since they are so passé these days and enlarge the kitchen and incorporate it into the family room.

@Jorge Ruiz  ... incorporated cities put together an annual financial statement.

Are there any other reasons for or against incorporating for this?