Index

Guides

Procedural pages, not listicles. Fees and program facts are dated. If a 2026 number cannot be verified on an official page, it is omitted.

Page dated 28 August 2026Also see the stack directory

• How to form an LLC in Georgia

  Step 1. Home-state filing on eCorp, the $100 online fee published by Georgia.gov, a registered agent with a Georgia street address, and the January–April annual registration window. Dated 28 August 2026.

• LLC vs sole proprietorship for a 1099 or side business

  Step 1. What changes at the Secretary of State, what does not change on a federal tax return, and why Wyoming or Delaware is usually the more expensive path for a one-state operator. Dated 28 August 2026.

• First business checking and parking LLC cash

  Step 2. Operating checking, a savings buffer, and Treasury-style parking — as categories. No live bank referral links; confirm any program on the bank’s own site. Dated 28 August 2026.

• First brokerage that is actually payable to publishers

  Step 3. Interactive Brokers’ CPC Publisher Program versus Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard, which do not pay publishers. Educational only; apply on the issuer site. Dated 28 August 2026.

• 0% balance transfer to pay down debt

  Step 4. Fee math, a payoff calendar, utilization, and the two honest uses of 0% intro APR. Explicitly not a guide to funding a brokerage or savings account with a convenience check. Dated 28 August 2026.