A landlord once told me their “LLC question” didn’t start in a spreadsheet. It started with a phone call: a tenant slipped on the front steps, the tenant’s cousin was “talking to a lawyer,” and suddenly the landlord was looking around their kitchen thinking, Wait… can they come after my house? That’s the real reason this topic matters. An LLC isn’t about sounding fancy. It’s about risk, clarity, and how you want your rental business to operate. So let’s answer it the right wa