Free tools for running a business in the Valley.
Everything here is free and open — no paywall, no upgrade to unlock it. Built for RGV owners who are past the idea stage and doing the unglamorous work of setting a business up properly.
- Free · no account needed to read it
Business Credit Toolkit
A stage-by-stage roadmap for building business credit that is separate from your personal credit — starting with forming your entity and getting an EIN, ending with a business credit card in the company’s name. Every stage is visible on the page; claiming your free listing adds a tracker that remembers where you got to.
- Stages
- 5
- Steps
- 19
- Net-30 vendors that report
- 10
- Free · new guides as they publish
Business Guides
Written answers to the questions the roadmap raises — what forming an LLC in Texas actually costs, where the IRS issues an EIN for free, which Net-30 vendors report and to whom. Practical, RGV-specific, and honest about which steps cost money and which do not.
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Start with your free page
A LivingRGV listing is a real, public citation for your business — name, address and phone, live in under a minute. It is free, and it is step one of the toolkit above.