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Guide + planner + AI drafting prompts

The 2026 LLC Operating Agreement Guide

Most contractor LLCs run on a one-page agreement written years ago, or none at all, so state default rules decide what happens when you add a partner, elect S corporation taxes, or can’t work anymore. Every article explained in plain English, the succession plan most owners skip, the six mistakes we found reviewing our own agreement, a planner to fill in, and AI prompts to draft it for your attorney.

$67

  • Instant download after payment, also emailed to you
  • 3 files: PDF + Word + Text file
  • Secure card payment by Stripe; sales tax added where it applies

Read the free sample pages first

Cover of The 2026 LLC Operating Agreement Guide

What’s inside

  • Why a single-owner contracting LLC still needs a written agreement, and when to update yours
  • The facts to gather first: formation papers, state ID numbers, tax elections, equipment you put in, loans, related companies
  • Every article explained: ownership, money in and out, taxes, management and signing authority, records, keeping the company separate, related companies, transfers
  • S corporation owners: the clauses that protect the election and the reasonable wage question for your accountant
  • Succession: who runs the company if you can’t, who owns it if you die, minor children, custodians, backups and keeping the LLC alive
  • Spouses and community property states, and when a spouse’s consent belongs in the agreement
  • The six mistakes we found in our own draft, and how to check yours for them
  • Partners: buy-sell terms, valuing a share, deadlocks and leaving the company
  • Drafting with AI safely: a step-by-step prompt sequence, and what to verify before your attorney sees it
  • Operating Agreement Planner (Word): every question and decision in order, ready for your attorney meeting

You get 3 files

  • The Operating Agreement Guide (PDF)PDF, 44 pages
  • Operating Agreement Planner (editable Word file)Word
  • AI Drafting and Review Prompts (text file to copy from)Text file

When you’re done, you’ll be able to

  • Know what your operating agreement must say, article by article
  • Have a succession plan your family and crew can actually follow
  • Walk into your attorney’s office with your decisions made, and pay for review instead of discovery

A look inside

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Figure it out yourself, or start with 20 years of answers

Everything in these guides can be found somewhere: in search results, videos, forums, courses and long AI chats. The question is what finding it, checking it and putting it in order costs you.

Piece it together yourself

  • Hundreds of hours of searching, watching and asking AI, most of it written by people who have never run a crew or chased a payment
  • Hundreds of dollars in courses, subscriptions and AI usage before anything works
  • Answers that sound right but were never tested on a real job, so you find the gaps with real customers and real money
  • No order to any of it: you still have to work out what comes first

Start with this guide

  • More than 20 years of running a contracting business, written down: what we use today and what we stopped doing
  • In the order to do it, with worksheets, templates and copy-paste AI prompts
  • Plain English, with the official sources listed so you can check anything yourself
  • One payment, instant download, yours to keep

Not having this is already costing you

  • Without a written plan, your state’s default rules decide what happens to your company, and the default after a sole owner dies can be that the company ends.
  • An hour of attorney time spent explaining the basics costs more than this guide; an hour spent reviewing your decisions is worth every dollar.
  • Every year your agreement stays out of date is a year your family, partner or bank is relying on something that no longer fits.

Made for

  • Single-owner and family contracting LLCs
  • Owners whose agreement is old, one page long or missing
  • LLCs taxed as S corporations, and owners adding a partner

Not the right fit for

  • A substitute for an attorney: it prepares you for one
  • Corporations (Inc.) and partnerships that are not LLCs
Alex Babko, owner of Vision Flooring

Who wrote it

Vision Flooring, Everett, Washington

Written by Alex Babko, owner of Vision Flooring LLC: 20+ years of running a contracting business in Washington, since 2006, and 3,800+ clients. These are the systems we run our own company on today, written for other contractors: what we use, what we tried and dropped, and what we would do first if we started again.

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Questions

Is this legal advice?

No. It is the guide we wish we had when we updated our own agreement: what each part does, the decisions only you can make, and the questions to bring to your attorney. Laws differ by state, so a licensed attorney in your state should review your final agreement.

Does it include a template agreement?

It includes a planner that walks through every article and decision, sample wording to discuss with your attorney, and AI prompts that turn your answers into a first draft for attorney review. It deliberately doesn’t sell a one-size-fits-all contract, because state law and your family decide what yours must say.

My LLC is not in Washington. Does it work?

Yes. Every state’s LLC law covers the same topics. Washington’s LLC Act and transfers-to-minors law are used as examples, with notes on what to look up in your state.

How do I get my files?

Right after payment you land on your download page, and the same link is emailed to you. The link doesn’t expire, so you can download again on another device later.

Can I print it?

Yes. The guides are letter-size PDFs made to read on a screen or print at home, and the worksheets are designed to be printed and written on.

Can I get a refund?

Sales are final, because the files are delivered instantly. If a file won’t open or download, contact us and we’ll fix it.

Can I share it?

It’s licensed for your own home or business. Please send friends here instead of forwarding the files. Details in the terms of sale.

The 2026 LLC Operating Agreement Guide

Write or update the operating agreement for your contracting LLC: every article explained, succession if something happens to you, the mistakes we found in our own draft, and AI prompts.

Also part of The Contractor Growth Library: all five contractor guides for $247.

$67

  • Instant download after payment, also emailed to you
  • 3 files: PDF + Word + Text file
  • Secure card payment by Stripe; sales tax added where it applies

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