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Preparing for Institutional Capital

Construction Business Owner

Institutional capital providers, which include non-local lenders, bank syndications, specialty lenders, insurance companies, pension funds, university endowments, private equity funds and family offices, can be a resource for working capital, acquisition capital or a means to harvest value built throughout the years.'

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Everyone Wants in on Housing Flipping

Pro Builder

Mortgage trusts, pensions, hedge funds, private-equity firms, investment banks and insurance companies all want so-called flip loans, drawn by yields in the range of 8% to 12% at a time when one-year Treasurys pay less than 0.1%. to make more loans to house flippers as well as landlords, who buy a lot of rehabbed houses.

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Markets With Extreme Weather are Only Affordable to the Wealthy

Pro Builder

A Tulane University associate professor of real estate told CNBC that these resiliency fixes create a “game of musical chairs” with home equity. . Eventually, however, a homeowner or bank could end up losing everything if a flood or other disaster destroys the house and makes the property unlivable.

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Construction Bookkeeping Unique Features

Contractor Bookkeeping

Business Owners - Need three basic reports, Cash, Profit and Equity. Bank Balance - Un-cleared Checks) = Cash. Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. -. Bank Account - Escrow Deposits. Bank Account - Operating. Bank Account - Job Deposits. Bank Account - Payroll. Bank Account - Operating.

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Pity the fool - The Business Facilities Blog - Economic Development.

Business Facilities

The flaw, he explained, was that the banking giants had failed to regulate themselves, causing the intellectual edifice of the modern risk-management paradigm to collapse. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief, he said.

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Unique QuickBooks Setup For Contractors

Contractor Bookkeeping

Our internal research shows a properly run construction company with annual sales between $500,000 and $5,000,000 can generate as much or more cash, profit and equity than most construction companies with annual sales between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Chart of Accounts Customer Checks Returned From Bank. Insurance Audit Reporting.

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Sean Kavanaugh's Unique Plumbing and Mechanical Contractor Insights

Contractor Bookkeeping

I know there is a need for banks and business loans but you need a really good accounting partner to let you know if its right. I see so many "contractors" price their work so they can make their car payment or their mortgage and insurance. No one to tell us how to get out of the madness so we worked harder and longer for shear pride.