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Millennial Buyers Are Flooding the Housing Market

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In 2020, millennials accounted for more than half of all home-purchase loan applications after surpassing baby boomers to become the largest living adult generation in the US. Some real-estate brokers also theorized that millennials preferred to rent and spend money on travel and experiences rather than buy houses. “We

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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

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Owner’s equity is in theory what would be left over if you liquidated the company, sold the assets and paid all of the debts or liabilities. Construction Accounting As It Relates To Service Agreements. Successful contractors put the cash in another interest bearing bank account and do not transfer any of it until the work is performed.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

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An employer may still generally deduct 50% of the food and beverage expenses associated with operating its trade or business, such as amounts paid for an employee’s meals while traveling for business.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Retail accounts for more than $2 trillion in total GDP impact with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the U.S. Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services. percent accounting for the added inventory.

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Lockdown ‘will last until at least May 7’: Dominic Raab ‘to tell country on Thursday they face another three weeks of coronavirus restrictions’ with the pandemic peak still days away

Construction Test

He admitted the NHS had saved his life and said: ‘It’s hard to find the words to express my debt – but before I come to that I want to thank everyone in the entire UK for the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are making. It’s largely been blamed on international travel.

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UK daily death toll drops for third day in a row as officials announce 717 more coronavirus casualties including teenager, 17, and 40 previously healthy patients

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The two-week ‘hibernation’ of non-essential business was imposed on March 30, making the lockdown even tougher than in Britain where people have always been able to travel if they cannot work from home. It’s largely been blamed on international travel.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Each year, a team of eight college interns is commissioned by Ivory Innovations to conduct research, including traveling and interviews, with prospective candidates. “What we’re looking for are innovative ideas that have the opportunity to scale and be picked up by different markets, and we want to support them,” Abby says.