One account, every entity
Form as many as you need under one login. Each entity keeps its own documents, its own registered agent record and its own dates — and you see all of them without switching accounts.
Real Estate Investors
Build the Business Foundation
Behind Your Real Estate Investments
STEPS forms the entities you hold property in, files for their EINs, serves as their registered agent, and keeps every annual report on one calendar — whether that is one LLC or one for each door.
Everything in One Place
- Form Your Business
- Get Your EIN
- Business Licenses
- Registered Agent
- Compliance
- Business Documents
Your Business Setup, Simplified
What Setting Up an Investment Entity Actually Involves
Four steps, in this order. Each one is a thing STEPS does rather than a thing you research.
Form Your Business
Articles filed with Florida, same day you send us the details. One entity or one per property.
Get Your EIN
We obtain the EIN from the IRS for every entity you form, with or without an SSN.
Business Licenses
Rental licences, short-term-let permits and landlord registrations, named per property with a link to each application.
Stay Compliant
Registered agent on every entity, and every annual report dated on one calendar.
Services That Support Your Business
Set Up the Services Your Business Needs
The four services an investor holding property in an entity actually needs, and what each one costs to keep.
Business Formation
LLC and Corporation formation to get your business started the right way.
Registered Agent
STEPS is the registered agent for each of your entities, scans anything that arrives to your account the same day, and keeps your home address off the public record.
Business Licenses
The STEPS License Wizard returns a report of every local, county, state and federal licence your business needs — rental licences, short-term-let permits and landlord registrations included — with a link to each application. STEPS can prepare and file them for you.
Virtual Office
A commercial street address in Orlando for your entities, with letters opened and scanned to your dashboard the same day — so your home address is not the one on your leases.
STEPS Dashboard
- Business Formation
- Registered Agent
- Business Licenses
- Virtual Office
One Owner, Several Entities
Six Doors, Six LLCs, One Login.
Investors who hold each property in its own entity end up doing the same paperwork over and over. STEPS does not discount the filings — each entity is formed at the standard price plus its own state fee. What it does is stop six entities from becoming six separate administrative relationships.
Every deadline on one calendar
Six Florida LLCs means six annual reports, each $138.75, all due May 1. The calendar carries every one, entity by entity, so a missed date on the fourth LLC is as visible as one on the first.
An agent on each entity
Florida requires a registered agent for every entity separately. STEPS is agent for all of them, the first year included with each formation, then $95/year per entity.
No minimum, no phone call
Two entities or twenty, you set them up at checkout. There is no volume tier to negotiate and no sales conversation to book first.
What six Florida LLCs actually cost
To form, on Silver: 6 × $125 = $750 in state filing fees, with no STEPS plan fee — $750. From the second year: 6 × $138.75 = $832.50 in annual reports, plus 6 × $95 = $570 in registered agent renewals — $1,402.50 a year. Those are the state’s fees and your agent. If you would rather not file six reports yourself, STEPS files each one for $99.
Excludes licences and permits, which depend on the property, and any tax registrations. Gold and Platinum cost more per entity and add the EIN’s companions — operating agreement, banking resolution, tax registrations. Florida charges $70 rather than $125 to form a corporation.
Business Documents
Business Documents for Real Estate Activities
Leases, purchase paperwork, deeds, lien filings and contractor agreements — the real-estate set in the STEPS document library. Each one downloads with instructions on when and how to use it.
- Residential Lease Agreement
- Commercial Lease Agreement
- Sublease Agreement
- Letter of Intent for Purchase of Real Estate
- Quitclaim Deed
- Joint Venture Agreement
- Capital Contribution Agreement
- Notice of Commencement
- Claim of Lien
- Lien Waiver
- Service Agreement
- Subcontractor Agreement
How It Works
From Business Setup to Organized Operations
A simple process for getting your business services and resources in place.
Tell Us About Your Business
How many entities, and which property each one holds.
Choose Your Services
Formation and EIN for each entity, then registered agent, licences and a virtual office address as you need them.
Get Your Documents & Services
Articles filed the same day, EINs obtained, and your formation documents in your account.
Every Deadline in One Place
Annual reports, licence renewals and state notices for every entity you hold, on one calendar.
Ongoing Compliance & Support
Keep Your Business on Track
Some of this STEPS files for you, some STEPS tracks and reminds you about, and some stays with you or your accountant. Here is which is which.
- Registered AgentSTEPS is yours
- Business LicensesSTEPS files
- Sales Tax ReturnsYou or your CPA
- State Unemployment TaxSTEPS registers
- Certificate of Good StandingSTEPS orders
- Operating AgreementIn your library
- Annual ReportsSTEPS files on request
Frequently Asked Questions
Many investors choose to form an LLC or Corporation to operate their business. The right structure depends on your goals and circumstances. STEPS helps you form the entity you choose but does not provide legal or tax advice.
We obtain the EIN from the IRS for each entity we form for you, with or without a Social Security Number. It is included in every package.
It depends on the property and where it is. For rentals it is usually a local rental licence or landlord registration, and a short-term-let permit if you list on Airbnb or VRBO. The STEPS License Wizard returns a report of every local, county, state and federal requirement with a link to each application, and STEPS can prepare and file them for you.
A registered agent is the official address where your state — and any lawsuit — reaches your business. STEPS serves as yours, scans what arrives to your dashboard the same day, and keeps your home address off the public record. Your first year is included with formation.
Yes. Gold and Platinum include an operating agreement drafted for your entity. The document library also holds a template if you would rather start from one, along with the joint venture and capital contribution agreements investors use when a deal has more than one party in it.
Yes. STEPS provides a commercial street address in Orlando, opens and scans your letters the same day they arrive, and uploads them to your dashboard — so the address on your leases and filings is not your home.
Twelve for real estate: three leases, a letter of intent, a quitclaim deed, joint venture and capital contribution agreements, a notice of commencement, a claim of lien, a lien waiver, and service and subcontractor agreements. They are listed above. Each downloads with instructions on when and how to use it. These are templates, not customised legal advice.
Tell us how many entities you are setting up and which properties they hold. STEPS forms them, files for the EINs, and puts every deadline on one calendar. We file the same day you send us your details.
Set Up Your Real Estate Business With STEPS
Get the business formation, licensing, compliance, and business resources you need in one place.