Professional Builder (1993) articles from December 2005

Professional Builder (1993) archives from December 2005

Land Acquisition and Development Finance -- Part V.(reports on construction loans)
December 1, 2005... By Rich Guerard, Principal, Wyndham Deerpoint Homes Business structures and financing round out the final steps for finding and developing land. In this article, we will discuss organization business structures and selecting a lender....

A Custom Revolution.
December 1, 2005... By Matthew Power, Senior Contributing Editor Careful hiring, an obsession with quality and deep integration of systems have made this North Carolina custom builder a world-class innovator. Remember when chess champion Gary Kasparov...

Curb Appeal.(case studies on interviewing)
December 1, 2005... By Rodney Hall, Senior Partner, The Talon Group Recognizing your hot buttons is paramount to objectivity. Just as a good builder would never think of inspecting homes from the cab of his truck, a good hiring manager should avoid...

Change Order.(reports in planning)
December 1, 2005... By Laura Butalla, Senior Editor Successful implementation of integrated technology systems requires a team effort. Change. It's the only constant in life. In technology, the only constant is rapid, frustrating, expensive, maddening...

Internet Customers.(usage of internet)
December 1, 2005... By John Rymer Interviews with America's best new home sales professionals. When I got into this business, there was an assumption that visitors knew very little about the community when they walked into the sales office. Yet today,...

Do you see what I see?(customer satisfaction)
December 1, 2005... By Paul Cardis, NRS Corp. First impressions matter... So do second, third and fourth! You never get a second chance to make a first impression. While this adage may be true, when it comes to home building, first impressions count, but...

The PATH Top 10.(Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing)(reports in home building)
December 1, 2005... By Susan Conbere, The Path Partners Building a quality home is a great idea, but where do you begin? The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) recommends that you start with the following techniques to improve a home's...

Bryant Builders Inc.(Bryant Builders Inc.)(reports in residential construction)
December 1, 2005... Kent Bryant, Vice President, and Frank Bryant, President, Shawnee, OK Demilec Sealection 500 Low-Density Foam Insulation Kenty Bryant, Frank Bryant www.sealection500.com Sealection 500 is a non-toxic spray foam. Spray-applied...

Product Review.(new smartphone)(mapping software)(wireless internet access tools)
December 1, 2005... Staff Sprint Staff Sprint and Motorola have partnered to offer the i930, a phone featuring the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform. The i930 has domestic and international voice, data, internet and walkie-talkie capabilities. ...

The J.D. Power Juggernaut.(The J.D. Power Juggernaut.)(customer relations )
December 1, 2005... By Scott Sedam Caring is no longer an option. Imagine setting out to deliberately design one of the nation's largest home building companies with a primary goal to never please your customers. You might think you would be some kind of...

The Inspired Innovator.(builder management)
December 1, 2005... By Bob Sperber, Senior Editor CEO Spotlight: Eric Wittenberg Eric Wittenberg is a third-generation builder and a student of the work hard, play hard school. When he relocated from Southern California to Colorado about five years ago,...

Reports of California's Demise are Overblown.(SUPPLEMENT: GIANTS)
December 1, 2005... By John Burns, John Burns Real Estate Consulting This month we feature two markets that have received significant press for the slowdown that has occurred. Not surprisingly, the press reports are significantly overblown Giant Market:...

The (Tax) Reformists.(home-mortgage tax deduction public perspective )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Paul Deffenbaugh Every consumer press story at the moment seems to be about a slowdown in the housing industry (and don't you want them to shut up with their self-fulfilling prophecies?), the last thing we want to hear out of Washington is...

Finding your Path to Customer Satisfaction Success.
December 1, 2005... By Paul A. Cardis, NRS Corp. with Additional Reporting by Paul Veith, NRS Corp. and Lei Xu, University of Wisconsin-Madison How do the best in customer satisfaction get it right with homebuyers and in what areas do buyers pay attention the...

Weathering the SWPPP Storm.(Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan)
December 1, 2005... By Michael Dickens, BuildIQ Managing risk by making sure all of your jobsites stay compliant with the Clean Water Act While the Clean Water Act celebrated its 30th birthday this fall, parts of the country weren't feeling much like...

The Continuous Improvement Conundrum.
December 1, 2005... By Rick Heaston, Contributing Editor Does anyone know the perfect formula for continuous improvement? As simple as it seems, continuous improvement baffles me. Not because it's hard to understand; I'm baffled that such a simple concept...

Manufacturers Up, Builders Down.(Product Manufacturers indices)
December 1, 2005... By Margot Crabtree, Trade Trends A Halloween rally wasn't enough to bring the major indices into positive terrain for the session ending October 31, 2005. Consumer spending rose 0.5 percent after a drop in the previous month. The Commerce...

A Mountaintop Hideaway.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Don Evans' Vacation Retreat Gives New Meaning to Getting Away From it All Architect Don Evans spends most of his time in Orlando, Fl. overseeing his architectural firm, The Evans Group. So when he wants to escape, he heads...

Kid-Friendly.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Building A Kid-Friendly Home Is Part of Dan Green's Master Plan The Green Company is known for homes that target empty nesters -- properties that feature privacy, lush landscaping and spectacular views, of a golf course,...

Florida Retreat.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Bobby Gross Strives to Present Drama and Amenities in his Florida Retreat What do the words "Florida retreat" mean to you? To builder Bobby Gross, co-owner of Tampa-based Wind Star Homes, they mean a Mediterranean home...

The Cool Factor.
December 15, 2005... By Staff David Hale's Boise Home Captures the Lay of the Land David Hale, founder of Hale Development, Inc. in Boise, Idaho, lives in a home that is fun, yet functional - at once contemporary and earthy, yet daring and avant-garde....

Family Matters.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Kipling Homes' Ed Mattox Makes Room for Family "Kid-centric" might be the best way to describe the home of Ed Mattox, owner and president of Kipling Homes in Shorewood, Ill. Having a house that his kids would enjoy and want...

Nautical But Nice.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Darryl Nyznyk's West Coast Cape Cod Brings the Beach Inside One glance at the home of Darryl Nyznyk conjures up images of clambakes on the North Atlantic shore. You can practically smell the New England clam chowder...

Green Acres.
December 15, 2005... By Staff Hedgewood Properties' Pam Sessions Has a Green Thumb for Home Building Pam Sessions has picked up, moved and renovated her own living space more times than she can count, but she has never moved very far. That's because all...