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Getting Started: How to Create a Business

by My REI Mentor Staff | Oct 1, 2025 | Business Management

Steps for Creating a Business

Ready to create your real estate business? The formation of your business starts with a few simple, but essential steps:

1. Choose a business structure.

2. Register your business with your state.

3. Get a federal tax identification number.

4. Open a business bank account.

Find Information For Your State

State Business Registration Lookup

Select Your State

Visit: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-services

Visit: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/BusinessLicensing.aspx

Visit: https://azdor.gov/business

Visit: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs

Visit: https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/

Visit: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/businessHome.html

Visit: https://portal.ct.gov/DRS/DRS-Forms/Registration/Register-Your-Business

Visit: https://de.gov/business_services.shtml

Visit: https://otr.cfo.dc.gov/page/new-business-registration

Visit: https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/start-business/

Visit: https://dor.georgia.gov/taxes/register-new-business-georgia

Visit: https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/

Visit: https://business.idaho.gov/register-a-business/

Visit: https://www2.illinois.gov/rev/businesses/Registration/Pages/default.aspx

Visit: https://www.in.gov/dor/business-tax/register-a-new-business/

Visit: https://www.iasourcelink.com/guides/start-a-business-guide/register-my-business-entity

Visit: https://www.kansas.gov/businesscenter/

Visit: https://revenue.ky.gov/Business/Pages/Register-Business.aspx/

Visit: https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/StartABusiness/Pages/default.aspx

Visit: https://www.maine.gov/portal/business/starting.html

Visit: https://egov.maryland.gov/businessexpress

Visit: https://www.mass.gov/guides/starting-a-new-business

Visit: https://www.michigan.gov/taxes/business-taxes/new-biz

Visit: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/business-liens/start-a-business/how-to-register-your-business/

Visit: https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/portal.aspx

Visit: https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/startbusiness

Visit: https://mtrevenue.gov/publications/montana-department-of-revenue-business-registration-form-genreg/

Visit: https://revenue.nebraska.gov/businesses/starting-business-nebraska

Visit: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/businesses

Visit: https://www.revenue.nh.gov/faq/registration-secretary-state.htm

Visit: https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/gettingregistered.shtml

Visit: https://www.sos.state.nm.us/business-services/start-a-business/

Visit: https://www.ny.gov/services/start-business-new-york-state

Visit: https://www.sosnc.gov/divisions/business_registration

Visit: https://www.nd.gov/businessreg/

Visit: https://www.ohiosos.gov/businesses/information-on-starting-and-maintaining-a-business/starting-a-business/

Visit: https://www.okcommerce.gov/doing-business/startups-entrepreneurs/how-to-start-a-business/

Visit: https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/register.aspx

Visit: https://www.pa100.state.pa.us/

Visit: https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/foreign-business/register-your-business-in-ri

Visit: https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search

Visit: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/RegistrationInstr.aspx

Visit: https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/RegistrationInstr.aspx

Visit: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/do-business.shtml

Visit: https://secure.utah.gov/osbr-demo/welcome.html

Visit: https://sos.vermont.gov/corporations/registration/

Visit: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/New-Business-Resources

Visit: https://dor.wa.gov/open-business/apply-business-license

Visit: https://business4.wv.gov/startmybusiness/Pages/Register-Your-Business.aspx

Visit: https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/Businesses/New-Business-home.aspx

Visit: https://sos.wyo.gov/business/startabusiness.aspx

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