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- Review: 'Build It Right' Author Writes It Better
- It's impossible for an educational book to match the content dynamics of a website. Change occurs so quickly a book can contain content that is out of date the day it is published. Only subsequent printing, months or years down the road, might bring it back up to date. A...
- White papers 2004-12-31
- Cost of HOA Complacency
- Homeowner associations are responsible to plan for future repair and replacement events to common element. The "Reserve study," as it is called, is a comprehensive analysis that provides a schedule and funding recommendation to keep building and grounds components like painting, fencing and paving in good repair. Unfortunately, even HOAs...
- White papers 2006-01-04
- 'Passive Survivability' Builds in Disaster Preparedness, Sustainability
- As New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area undergo reconstruction, building codes for homes and public buildings should include "Passive survivability" designs that allow them to serve as livable refuges should a Hurricane Katrina-level crisis return to the region. And, given the increase in concerns about natural disasters, terrorism, blackouts...
- White papers 2006-01-05
- Top 10 Tax Breaks, on the House
- The New Year always turns thoughts to the new tax season and when it comes to taxes there's no place like home to find shelter. One's home offers a score of tax deductions and credits designed to help offset the cost of housing and to keep the housing market fueled...
- White papers 2006-01-11
- A Safe Hearth Is an Inspected, Cleaned, Repaired Hearth
- Fire and safety experts are reminding home owners and others - especially those who've stepped up wood burning to help offset the rising cost of fossil fuels and colder-than-normal weather - to make sure the chimney and fire box are indeed heaters and not hazards. The California Real Estate Inspection...
- White papers 2006-01-12
- The Perfect Second Home May Be a First
- The author has spent so much of his adult life trying to keep the author's primary residences from collapsing on him that he has never had enough spare time to own a second home, too. It's not that the thought hasn't cross his mind occasionally. Just as it does, however,...
- White papers 2006-01-12
- Prepare Home for Bird Flu Emergency
- The bird flu making most of the news is designated avian influenza A (H5N1), a deadly version of avian influenza currently affecting domestic and wild birds in Asia, but spreading to other parts of the world. If it comes in contact with human strains of influenza it could mutate into...
- White papers 2006-01-30
- Leasing Land for Hunting Brings Increased Income
- Got land and wonder what to do with it? Maybe one is not ready to build on it or sell it and instead the person is looking for an alternative that brings in a nice cash flow. Leasing land for hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor recreational activities is making...
- White papers 2006-02-06
- Larger, Quieter Vehicles Create Driveway Dangers
- Parents and others who allow kids to play in a driveway have always foolishly overlooked a safety hazard that comes with the potential for injury or death. Now larger vehicles and quieter vehicle technology exacerbate the risk. Blind spots - areas as large as 50 feet deep by 7 feet...
- White papers 2006-02-08
- Another Way to Tackle Lead-Based Paint
- The slowing real estate market in many areas of the country finds buyers a little less eager than in they were in recent years to rush into a transaction without a very careful look at what they are buying. This means that home inspection reports are being heeded, and potential...
- White papers 2006-02-09
- Protecting Your Assets From Theft
- No longer satisfied with stealing lumber, concrete and windows, thieves are increasingly looking inside newly constructed homes for items like stoves, dishwashers and consumer electronics. Thefts of items like those aforementioned are rarely recovered. Second, thefts equate to rising security and insurance costs, plus re-scheduling concerns and a loss of...
- White papers 2005-12-28
- Rising Energy Costs: Insulation
- The fear of rising oil, natural gas and electric prices has led just about everyone to look at how they live and make adjustments. This is a situation low-income Americans live with every winter, and while the middle class complains about paying $50 or so more a month to heat...
- White papers 2005-12-22
- We Don't Need Bigger, We Just Need Better Planning
- Most buyers don't seem to want small, unless they are downsizing, but even active adult housing often tends to be larger than what the buyer has been used to. Overwhelming smaller lots with larger houses accomplishes one thing, however; it reduces the amount of lawn one has to mow and...
- White papers 2005-01-20
- Home Builders Work to Boost Their Public Image
- A series of focus groups across Canada has told builders what they don't want to know - their public image could use some work. Poor customer service, the quality of the builders' work, and salespeople who lack product knowledge were some of the complaints lodged against builders in the study,...
- White papers 2005-01-27
- Land Zoning: How Pig Farms and Schools Co-Exist
- It's not a very exciting topic at first glance, but the way a person's lot was zoned at one time does not necessarily mean it will never be changed. Farms become single family communities, which in turn can become apartment dwellings, which can in turn be converted over to industrial...
- White papers 2005-04-29
- Ratified Contract: The Beginning of the End
- Hot markets can sometimes oversimplify the real estate market. It looks like houses sell as quickly as they come on the market. The signs change each hour or day: For Sale, Under Contract, Sold. What's so hard about that? It appears that all that a person has to do is...
- White papers 2005-06-17
- Architects Cashing in on Additions, Alterations, Accessibility
- Architects say homes aren't getting any smaller, but they are more open and accessible with a greater use of informal spaces as empty-nest baby boomers and young adults drive the form and function demand for housing. In its first-ever quarterly "Home Design Trends Survey" the American Institute of Architects gathered...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Customer Service Growing Trend in Home Building
- Times have certainly changed in the home building industry and experts predict more changes to come with a greater emphasis on customer service and satisfaction. More than half-a-century ago, housing starts totaled 1.9 million units, of which almost 1.7 million were single-family housing starts. In 1950 the average single-family home...
- White papers 2005-10-10
- Remodeling Replacing Custom Homes
- Custom homes are high-end homes. High-end homes are high-priced homes. Resale or new, sales of homes with the highest prices are the first to choke when the air gets a little thin and starts to seep out of the bubble. At some point even affluent buyers get squeezed out of...
- White papers 2005-11-10
- Alternatives to Cement Can Help Builders Keep Pace With Demand
- New home construction is healthy in most markets across the world. So, too, is the development of commercial properties. Plus, available federal funding in the U.S. for highway and transportation construction will continue to move this sector forward in the coming years. This is the good news. A healthy real...
- White papers 2005-12-14
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