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Best Practices

Lead paint rules hurting the good guys

The EPA’s LRRP lead paint rules put us, as an industry, in an awkward place. We have a rule that is, by all accounts, increasing the cost of…

Data & Research

Home ownership still goal for majority of Americans: N.Y. Times Poll

Almost 90 percent of Americans think owning a home is still an important part of the American dream, despite the current housing market.That's…

Products

Video: 530 foot drop from a helicopter and the drill survives

Got to spend some time over at the Bosch headquarters yesterday. To show off the toughness of their new line of drills, they dropped two of them 532…

Blog: Harsh reality of lead paint rules

All the remodelers out there who thought that the EPA RRP lead paint rules weren’t going to be enforced may want to think again. The EPA announced in…

Video: NAHB Boards, Lead Paint & More

Lead paint continues to be getting a lot of buzz, what with the NAHB's lawsuit against EPA, the first fine coming down last week and more.Here's my…

Video: Lead paint violation goes viral - $150,000 fine for remodeler

POSTED 5/19/2011So for all those remodelers who thought there was no reason to follow the EPA's lead RRP rules?Yeah, you might want to think about…

The Power of Rationalization in Remodeling

The purchasing decisions we make every day aren’t about logic. We’re constantly making emotional decisions to buy or not buy something, whether it be…

Webinar: Micromarketing Strategies for Remodelers

Missed our recent webinar with Rich Harshaw on “Micro-Marketing Strategies for Remodelers: How Narrowing Your Prospect List Can Increase Your Results…

Video: DC Market is Strong

I recently talked to remodeler David Merrick, president of Merrick Design & Build, outside of Washington, D.C.He says the market is strong, and…