The Ultimate Guide to Forming LLC to Hold Rentals Properties: Structure, taxes, 1031s, mortgage financing, and short-term rental liabilities

Twelve states have now enacted the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act and the rest are watching, which means a defamation, tortious interference, or business disparagement complaint filed against speech on a matter of public concern triggers a special motion regime that bears little resemblance to the patchwork anti-SLAPP statutes practitioners learned a decade ago. The UPEPA imposes a sixty-day filing window, shifts burdens twice within a single motion, freezes discovery and collateral motions on filing, and mandates fee-shifting against the losing plaintiff. These mechanics collapse traditional pleading strategy and expose counsel who treat the motion as a routine Rule 12…