What I can tell you for sure is what I know from my own experience.Do not incorporate any of your companies.  

I am definitely leaning towards month to month agreements and will do more research to see how to incorporate ETFs.

She also suggested that I become and incorporated company instead of a partnership because of the potential liability if something was to go wrong.

My comments might be better understood if we to say, fraud is illegal, by itself it is a violation of law, incorporating fraudulent schemes or aspects is a predatory practice, a predatory practice is not necessarily fraud. 

As someone who has worked in corporate marketing, as a high school teacher, for an overseas nonprofit, and now for the federal government in vastly different career fields, I know firsthand how difficult it is to constantly reinvent yourself every few years in wildly different career fields.

The 70% rule incorporates several assumptions.  

I thought having access to the MLS and vacant houses as a Realtor, and not paying closing costs would be beneficial, and I could incorporate what I learn in sales into the investment side of real estate.  

I spoke in Clumbus, OH a week ago and there was a gentleman in a wheel chair there - I'll be damned if that slows him down any.  

I have done a lot of research and have realized it's best, specially for tax purposes, to incorporate or set up LLC.

if not, pull up a chair - I've heard some doosies.