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Restoration: How to Manage Cash Flow While Waiting for an Insurance Check

Levelset

To cover these expenses, restoration contractors need to manage their cash flow to ensure they have enough money in the bank — especially when the insurance company is dragging their feet. Poor cash flow management is the number one reason why construction businesses fail. 5 tips to manage cash flow on a restoration project.

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The pros and cons of becoming a subcontractor

Fieldwire

This gives subcontractors more room to develop a specialized skill set and take on jobs that contractors with more generalized knowledge may not be able to manage. You’ll be responsible for paying your own taxes and for keeping track of your income and expenses. You’ll also be less committed to the clients you work with.

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Housing Affordability Affects Housing Choice

Pro Builder

NAHB Housing Policy Briefing | NAHB encourages policymakers to focus on incentives for local governments to embrace new housing developments, including affordable low-income and workforce housing. National Association of Home Builders. Those efforts should be a point of emphasis now. 2020 Single-Family Starts Mirrored Builder Confidence.

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How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Home Affordability

Pro Builder

Design regulations are supposed to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents, but superficial and excessive rules that price lower- and moderate-income families out of the market should not be prioritized over the need to address the housing affordability problem. NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. For more, visit nahb.org. .

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Why Builders Wait to See Lower Lumber Prices

Pro Builder

NAHB Policy Brief | Lumber prices have moderated, but lower costs haven't worked their way to builders; New home prices too expensive for lower-income households. New-Home Prices Squeeze Out Lower-Income Households . Why Builders Wait to See Lower Lumber Prices. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 06:00. National Association of Home Builders.

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A Practical Guide to Construction Accounting Software

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Managing the myriad of accounting activities across an entire construction business, or at any phase of an individual project, you’re going to want access to the most accurate, real-time numbers possible. It’s essential to business administration, management and financial reporting. That includes accounting. Tracking Sales.

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NAHB and Trump Working to Reopen the Country

Pro Builder

Establish a permanent minimum 4% credit floor for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. To strengthen the housing industry and support more housing production for years to come, NAHB proposes that the White House: • Shift homeownership tax incentives from a deduction to a credit. Increase funding for workforce development programs.

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