It's a free enterprise and capitalistic system and no one is allowed to restrain free trade.

i strongly endorse first - laying the foundation of your enterprise in a way that fits your business strategy, goals, and investment locations.  

An associate is near retirement age, and has just received an opportunity to fulfill her dream to purchase a well-established bed-and-breakfast in Cozumel, encompassing both the property and the enterprise.

I sense that you might be wanting your Contractor to be vested in your enterprise, and you seem to be trying to "hedge your bets" a bit, but, will your Contractor agree to 50/50 in any LOSS too?

@Varinder Kumar,If you can, try choosing a name this neutral and generic, like "xxx Associates", "xxx Industries", "xxx Enterprises", maybe add "of (state-name)", if needed.

I have seen regulators do strange things but if any regulator even proposed expanding their guidance to encompass credit decisions, the pushback even within HUD, not to mention FHFA and the Enterprises because of establishing a very dangerous precedent would be so swift that I doubt anyone would even know of such a proposal before it was quietly killed internally.Even Liz Warren isn't that out of touch. 

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I use a company called Pioneer Enterprises, and so does my wife.

Partnership is two or more persons coming together to form one single business enterprise for making profit.

Worked for them, in the past, not a fun experience and feel sorry for the customers.I like Google Apps and Bluehost.Google is you want more of a enterprise setup for many people.