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Types of Capital for Construction Businesses

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The term capital is used across industries to represent all of a company’s financial assets, including cash, inventory, equipment, and more. Several different types of capital — working capital , debt capital , and equity capital — are common in the construction industry. Debt capital. Working capital.

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

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But when it comes to land inventory strategies, most builders seem reluctant to rely on a “just-in-time” model to acquire land as needed for immediate construction. Certainly, publicly traded home builders have pivoted to land-light business models that allow them to forgo owning years’ worth of land inventory. In the Real World.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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In the last quarter of 2019, he looked at his spec home inventory and decided he needed to move some units. If you have many homes in inventory, don’t wait until your competitors drop their prices, making your products uncompetitive. If the market did roll over, he might have to lay people off, but would not be stuck with land debt.

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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Loans may be used for, but not limited to: upgrading display lighting, advertising and promotion, payroll for additional staff and training, purchase of computers to enhance inventory control, and the purchase of display cabinets, furniture and fixtures. Borrowers must have at least a 10% equity interest in the project or business.

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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Loans can be used for working capital, inventory and small equipment. New Venture Capital Fund: The New Venture Capital Program is an innovative financial program that provides flexible financing through debt and equity investments for new or expanding businesses in the state of North Dakota.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Ivory is taking on innovations from outside the company, too, pairing faculty at the University of Utah with Landed , a personal finance company that provides part of a down payment for “essential professionals” as a private equity partner, a model that earned it a 2019 Ivory Prize. That’s because Clark Ivory saw the downturn coming.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. million loan participation program fostering business expansion and job creation in Arizona by providing debt financing for small businesses (in collaboration with private finance partners). Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory.

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