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How the Yelp v. Google Lawsuit Could Impact Online Reviews, A Lawyer Explains
You focus on Google reviews to boost your company’s reputation. What happens now that Yelp alleges Google’s monopoly on reviews?
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New Report for Custom Builders: Let Your Voice Be Heard
Take our survey by Sept. 23 to let your voice be heard and have the chance to win a $100 gift card
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How to Write a Successful Construction Warranty Provision, Explained by a Lawyer
Construction warranty provisions are often overlooked, which can lead to legally challenging situations. Follow these insights from a lawyer
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How Can Custom Builders Respond to the Current Market?
How can custom builders capture clients today? The Farnsworth Group President Grant Farnsworth shares insights into what custom builders can do
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Business Evolution
As years roll one into the next, successful businesses evolve to reflect changing market conditions. The December issues of the newsstand business magazines all include articles — most likely cover stories — on how to prepare for prosperity in the New Year. The message: what worked in 2004 must evolve — change — into a new business strategy to ensure the same level of su...
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A House Without Right Angles
Architect Matt Schlueb, principal of Schlueb Architecture, recently designed his own home in Pittsburgh, Pa., with virtually no right angles. Villa Vuoto features 2,600 square feet of living space, three levels, and simple and compounded curves, sloping walls and circular rooms. Designed to provide a stimulating environment for the architect's young son, the project was a prototype for explorin...
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Creating a Community Theme
A sense of place matters just as much to luxury home buyers as the details of the floorplan and the quality of the finishes. To deliver on this desire, custom builders can borrow a page from their production builder counterparts. Here Terry Smith of architecture firm Bloodgood Sharp Buster gives a quick tutorial in creating a community theme.
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Insurance Woes Top Concern List
The price of general liability insurance and the ongoing shortage of carriers willing to write such policies for builders pushed these issue to the top of NAHB's annual critical issues surveys. On a scale of one to five, where one equals not at all critical and five equals very critical, general liability insurance cost scored 4.
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Up in the Canopy
One tends to equate Florida with palm trees, but for Home & Condo magazine's 2004 Dream Home in North Naples, Fla., the landscape architect thought oak trees - eight live oaks.
