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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

Construction Marketing

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are owners, operators, and financers of income-generating real estate properties. Different construction trends impact the demand and supply of real estate properties. In today’s post, we’ll give you an overview of REITs and examine specific construction trends and their impact on REITs.

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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

However, with a construction loan , you can build your dream home from scratch without making compromises. A construction loan is high-interest, short-term financing that you can use to custom-build your home. Discussed below are the things you should know before taking out a construction loan. How construction loans work.

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The Number One Thing You Need To Know About Your Construction Business

Contractor Bookkeeping

When you own a small construction business, it's vital you understand how money flows into and out of it. At a basic level, you need to know where your income comes from and what your expenses are. The consequences of not understanding money can be drastic—poor financial management is one of the main reasons businesses fail.

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Construction Bad Debt What To Do About It

Contractor Bookkeeping

All construction contractors have experienced the financial pain of bad debt which is defined as a customer who refuses to pay no matter what you do. In your construction company it is the same, you need the answers in order to develop understanding and that is what helps us all let go of the past and move forward.

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Key Financial & Safety Metrics for Subcontractor Qualification 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For one thing, circumstances can change quickly in today’s uncertain construction industry. FINANCIAL RATIOS: DEBT . Debt Ratio . Debt Ratio measures the extent of a company’s leverage. It can be used to determine the proportion of a company’s assets that are financed by debt. Debt-to-Equity .

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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The complimentary Viewpoint Tax Symposium featured keynote presentations from leading construction tax experts – including Moss Adams, LLP , Marcum LLC and BRAYN Consulting. Tax incentives for research and design can help construction companies to continue to innovate. A Closer Look at Construction Tax Incentives. A Tax Review.

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Housing Costs are the Top Financial Concern for Older Millennials

Pro Builder

Rising housing costs, a scarce supply, lack of new construction, increased debt, and stalled wage growth are just some of the burdens this age bracket faces. According to a study by the PM Group, Millennial budgets are already stretched thin, with the typical Millennial spending 30% of their income on rent in 2015. million U.S.

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