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How Green Building Can Increase Profit and Lessen Impact
In this Taking Care of Business segment, green builder and designer Steve Pallrand joins our host Duane Johns to talk about the benefits of offering green services, plus how to incorporate green practices into your design process
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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge Announces Forthcoming Resignation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has said that she intends to leave office later this month
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Why Start a Custom Building Business?
In this Taking Care of Business segment, expert coach and trainer Scott Beebe joins our host Duane Johns to talk about where custom builders could be getting off on the wrong foot
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Custom Builder to Talk Color Design with Becki Owens at IBS
At this year's IBS, renowned designer Becki Owens will sit down with host James McClister, editor of Custom Builder, to discuss a variety of topics from basic color play in design to the Allura Spectrum palette, a collection of Sherwin-Williams colors curated for the benefit of pros
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Custom Clients Opt For Smaller, Smarter Homes
Thoughtfully designed, scaled-down homes are more sustainable, enabling clients to live well with less
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Diplomacy Goes a Long Way With Infill
Custom infill projects require architects and builders to play nice with neighbors and planning officials
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Do Custom Home Builders Need Social Media Skills?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: Do custom builders need any of it? A web maven offers advice
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How Builders Can Avoid Difficult Clients
Custom home builders share the red flags they look for when screening clients and deciding whether to keep them or let them go
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Sale Strategies for Custom Builders
Thinking like a buyer, positioning your company as a trusted advisor, and setting boundaries are ways to improve selling skills and protect your profit
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The Exit Challenge: The Partners' Transition
Two high school buddies and business partners share how they found a successor and an exit strategy for their home building/remodeling company.
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The Exit Challenge: The Sole Owner's Transition
The owner of a home building company with no heirs interested in taking the reins shares how he groomed a successor to continue his legacy
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Strength in Numbers
Buyer co-ops are trying to do more than just find rebates for home builders.
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Portfolio Building
Side jobs that started as busy work during slow times or a new niche with growth potential can broaden a custom home builder's portfolio.