New Construction

Whether you're a veteran property owner or just starting out, here you'll uncover the real estate expertise you need to select the finest land for your new home.

This guide will walk you step by step through all the essential phases of starting a successful construction based business. To profit in a new construction business, you need to consider the following questions: What business am I in? What do I sell? Where is my market? Who will buy? Who is my competition? What is my sales strategy? How much money is needed to operate my firm? How will I get the work done? What management controls are needed? How can they be carried out? And many more. This guide will help you answer all these questions and more. Here's what’s in the book: ~ Things to ...

Applying the dozens of lessons and practical advice will save you the time, energy, and cost of learning them the way I did—the long way and the hard way. Adopting these principles early in your business career will significantly improve your chances of success and move you ahead of your peers who are not as well informed.

Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.

Are you new to construction and lost when people are talking on the job? Do you have a little experience but are looking to really know what you're talking about? Do you want to know just WTF people are talking about at work? Do you like to laugh? If you learn well with a little bit of humor, and are more concerned with understanding what the hell people are talking about than knowing the textbook definition - yep, this book is for you.

The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder".

Carmen I’ve taken care of myself my whole life. I’ve got a new job and college classes coming up, and I’m so busy that I never thought I’d have any time for love. I didn’t think I could ever change, not until I meet Derek, the handsome alpha who instantly falls for me during a chance encounter when my car breaks down. Little do I know, this sexy obsessive man is actually my new boss. I never thought I’d open my heart to anyone, but now that Derek seeks to claim me, I think I’ve found the love that has always alluded me… Derek My work is my life. For the longest time, I’ve ...

Robin For years, I’ve been content to be the shy, curvy chick. The one who never gets the guy, the one who has never even been kissed. Instead, I focus on my successful poetry career, writing poems about love that I’ve never felt. That changes when the ruthless billionaire owner of a talent agency offers me a job. What starts as a career prospect soon turns into a whirlwind romance when he turns his possessive, protective, and fiercely jealous sights on me. I think I might be getting in over my head… Tyler For the longest time, I’ve only cared about dominating the competition in my ...

Small Business for Dummies has been a leading resource for starting and running a small business. Calling upon their more than six decades of combined experience running small businesses, Eric Tyson and Jim Schell once again provide time-tested advice and the latest information on starting and growing a small business.

For many years, Christians and non-Christians alike have struggled to reconcile the seemingly conflicting depictions of God found in the Bible. How can the legalistic punishing God of the Old Testament also be the loving father that Jesus revealed in the New Testament? The key to answering this question lies in understanding that the Bible is the story of God's covenantal relationship with humanity, and this story plays out through five major covenants. Once you understand these five major covenants, the entire Bible will finally make sense!

Dina Ever since I had my heart broken, I’ve been afraid of change. I’ve been afraid of opening my heart again. Then I meet Blake Powers, the billionaire corporate raider who is about to buy out my company. He’s huge, he’s tattooed, and he’s ruthless…but Blake Powers becomes instantly obsessed with me. Now that I’ve found Blake, I think I might be ready to open my heart again, though the shadows of my old heartbreak continue to linger over me… Blake Whether it was in business, the military, or my former marriage, I’ve seen the worst the world has to offer. It’s made me a ...

In this engaging, witty, and inspirational memoir, Chrishell Stause shares her story of living an unconventional childhood in small-town Kentucky marked by periods of homelessness, family addiction struggles, and dreams of one day being on a daytime soap, all while managing the local Dairy Queen. Through resilience and grit, she overcame obstacles and pushed past every barrier in her path to become one of the most envied luxury realtors in Los Angeles and buzzworthy cast members in reality TV.

Nothing beats having a house of your own. Apart from being a good investment, it can be passed down from one generation to other. However, the process of buying a new construction home can be tricky, especially if it's you're a first-time home buyer. In this audiobook, you'll learn everything you need to know on how to purchase your first home. It's a tested blueprint that contains everything you need to know to make your home-buying process easy.

Will the Felon Find a Second Chance Love Seven Years Later? In Cleveland, a former felon fights to reconnect with his long-lost love, reunited after 7 years apart. Meet Jamal, fresh out of prison after a foolish mistake, and Tasha, his childhood sweetheart now engaged to another man. Though the odds are stacked against them, the embers of their passion reignite when Tasha sees the man Jamal has become. As Tasha is torn between her stable fiancé and risking her heart again on Jamal, a dramatic trial ensues. Tasha’s world is turned upside down. At a crossroads, she must choose between a ...

Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his enchantment withers as he discovers the massive repairs it needs. A small kitchen fix reveals that the structure’s rotten frame could collapse at any moment. In a bathroom, mold appears and spreads. He fights deteriorating bricks, frozen pipes, shattered windows, a punctured foundation, and even an airborne chimney cap.

Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings. Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case studies, and code compliance advice, it offers clear step-by-step instructions necessary to create your own living roof on a new build or as a retrofit. Where common sense meets beauty—a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place.

I wrote this book because I want you to have a great experience building your new home or remodeling your existing home. It is possible. You don't have to listen to your friends who say, "Oh, remodeling is a nightmare," or "Building a house is a dreadful experience. I'll never do it." I don't want you to be in that category.

Dayla: Even if it is just a bodily function, and I’m not saying it is, does true love exist? It’s not always easy, but we’re the ones who make it harder than it has to be. Still, why would I trust the dream? I don’t trust anyone. Except maybe her. Jillien: You can’t make someone love you, but I’ll sure give it a try. I’ve had it before and lost it. Hard. But that’s exactly why I know it’s real this time too. Plus, there’s all kinds of love. I’m just looking for the one they call a dream, though I know for a fact it can be real. Don’t I? Join the suspense, and we’re...

When Happy Lehman rolls her VW bug over right in front of Kirk Anders’ house, she lands on a novel way to get the building pro’s attention. Quick on her feet to recover, she pitches a partnership plan to match up a construction fundraising idea for her nonprofit clothes closet, The Prosper Portal, with some masculine hammer power. Kirk has a few hesitations of his own—including being scorched by his last goodwill partnership. And those fancy she sheds Happy has in mind for her Flirty Half Dozen aren’t exactly his specialty. Happy’s quest for the ultimate chandelier-topped pink ...

One of Dug McGuirk's key principles centers on the concept of State, i.e. your state of mind, how you feel. State is the emotional fuel you want to fill up on - the things or experiences that make you feel good. Most people have been fueling up the wrong way their entire life, and their state is not what it ought to be. One of the worst things people fill up on is alcohol and drugs. Fueling up the right way is what successful people do - they fill up with it first thing in the morning, every day of their lives.