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Business Management
The Gospel According to Gary Grant
In this column, Gary Grant — who just retired from Pulte's Minneapolis Division — imparts his lessons learned from 40 years in the industry
Financial Management 101 for Builders
While most builders are passionate about building homes, most aren't particularly passionate about financial management. That needs to change
Market Data + Trends
Multifamily Rising?
Building industry consultant John Burns believes multifamily housing is about to break out of the doldrums afflicting that sector for the last decade
The People Side of M&A
The race to become the first 100,000-unit Housing Giant is fueling merger and acquisition activity among home builders
HVAC
Get Your HVAC System Sized Just Right
The lowdown on proper sizing, design, and installation of air handling systems
Stop, Thief!
The Setup: An executive active in land acquisition and development for a large local production builder finds a choice building site on his own, without help from anyone. But then he thinks to himself, "This parcel is so good, we'd gladly pay a broker to get our hands on it." The Sting So instead of approaching the site owner directly, he calls a land broker .
Labor + Trade Relations
Lesson on the Road to Everywhere
The legions of hard-working immigrants that enable our livelihood go mostly unnoticed. Get out to the jobsites and listen to their stories—their journeys of what they left behind
Planning + Development
Land Acquisition: How to Avoid Paying Too Much for Land
The profitability of any housing community starts with land acquisition
Business Management
Can You Pass the Bonus Test?
Profit-based compensation systems have the proven potential to motivate employees while increasing their focus on critical business issues such as revenue, cost control, profit, and customer satisfaction
10 Tips for Land Research
From four lots to 40,000 green acres, the fundamentals of land acquisition apply long before the buy