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Tax Incentives Can Make All the Difference
CHI Doors Offer Variety
Improve Your Marketing With Social Networking
Bilco Products Add Salable Square Footage to Your Homes
2008 Financial and Operations Study Results
50 Mistakes Builders Make, Part 11
BP Manufacturers are in Building Products Top 100

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Donny Brook Homes, Inc
Emerald Homes of Iowa
First Construction Company
Greencraft Master Builder
Hearthside Homes
History Maker Homes
Kennedy Builders
Key Homes, LLC
Kreiser Construction
Landura Homes
Leyland Alliance
LifeStyle Builders, Inc.
Main Street Homes
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M/I Homes
Moffet Homes
Neis Homes
Richfield Homes
Ron Terry Construction
Snellgrove Properties
Streetman Homes
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Volume IV, Issue VII
 July 2009
From the Desk of the CEO
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By Glenn Singer
 
One of the biggest changes in the current downturn is that many of the people in the industry have changed. Read more ...
Tax Incentives Can Make All the Difference
A credit of $2000 is now available to home builders who build homes projected to save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy of a comparable home. Read more . . .
CHI Doors Offer Variety 
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The garage door is like a blank canvas and the right garage door can really entice people to look closer. Read more . . .
Improve Your Marketing With Social Networking 
By Brad Bombardiere, Reality Concepts

Social media is not a new thing. Blogs, Facebook and even Twitter have been around for some time. Using it for business is new. Read more ...
Bilco Products Add Salable
Square Footage to Your Homes
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A finished basement is the most economical way to add value and saleable square footage to your homes. Read more . . .
2008 Financial and Operations Study Results
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By Emma S. Shinn, CPA, MBA, The Shinn Group
 
The 2008 study marks the worst performance in the industry since 1970, when Chuck and I started analyzing financial performance for the housing industry. Read more . . . 
Window Coverings are NOT an Option!
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Incorporating blinds as a standard option can offer several selling advantages. Read more . . .

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Manufacturers: If you are interested in placing an ad in this newsletter, contact Emma Jane Wildermuth for this and other marketing and advertising opportunities.
50 Mistakes Builders Make, Part 11: Pricing Homes to Cost Instead of to Market
Chuck ShinnShinn Consulting logoBy Charles C. Shinn, Jr., Ph.D., Shinn Consulting
  
If a buyer does not feel like they are getting a 'good deal' they will not purchase the home, even if it has all the bells and whistles and best products in it. Read more ...
Find Chuck's blog at www.builderonline.com
BP Manufacturers are in
Building Products Top 100
BP Manufacturer Associates Kichler, Kohler, Kwikset, and LP all made the list. Read more . . .

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