You want all the perks associated with a job in your favorite niche but your background isn't an ideal fit. Here's how to turn the odds of success in your favor. More
Last year, Astoria Homes in Las Vegas closed only 60 percent of the 1,012 units it closed in 2005. Yet, Astoria had zero layoffs among its 155 associates, and recently it's been beefing up such departments as marketing and design in preparation for starting as many as four new communities in 2007. More
Builders sometimes work in concert with local officials to equitably assign land for development while preserving open space and farmland. More
IT'S A FACT OF BUILDER LIFE—COOL tools (such as circular saws, power drills, and... More
Just remember that it takes a bit of work to have that much fun.Levi Mize organized a successful customer appreciation day in his showroom. Because it was a customer appreciation party, Mize made a point to greet and thank all past and current customers. More
For the past three years, Houston-based David Weekley Homes has been on the magazine's list of the top 100 companies to work for. Sometimes the trips are company-wide; others are within divisions, Weekley says, and are designed to get sales and construction interested in each other's performance.While incentive trips aren't anything new, Weekley makes his staff take the time off to go and gives them cash to cover expenses "so it really is free to them." More