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Smart PM Strategies: Running Your Business More Efficiently


Smart PM Strategies: Running Your Business More EfficientlyWhen you're small property management firm competes with the mega-residential rental developments, it’s often difficult to know how to best utilize your time and resources.
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Six Tips to Earn Your Customer’s Respect


Six Tips to Earn Your Customer’s RespectWhen Ben Morey’s team of remodelers finished a home renovation shortly before the property was sold, its new owners made an unwelcome discovery.

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How Small Businesses Can Compete with Larger Ones


How Small Businesses Can Compete with Larger OnesSaying that volume builders have some advantages over their small-scale counterparts may be pointing out the obvious.
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Cutting Costs By Greening Your Office


Cutting Costs By Greening Your OfficeThe thought of greening your workspace can be overwhelming. You aspire to be more eco-friendly, but can’t bear to add another item to your never-ending to-do list.

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Tailoring Your Design for Every Home


Tailoring Your Design for Every HomeClients often come with a set notion of their dream yard and then turn to you to execute the fine details. From the flower beds in back to the hedges in front, highlighting the essence of the home should always remain a priority.
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Preparing Your Facility for Winter


Preparing Your Facility for WinterAs a facility manager, dealing with the stress that winter brings is a huge undertaking, but taking all the right precautions can save you a lot of headaches and money by the time the season’s over.

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Determining the Optimal Monthly Rent for Your Vacancies


Determining the Optimal Monthly Rent for Your Vacancies Setting a rental rate is the ultimate balancing act for property managers: If the rent is too high, you risk properties staying on the market for months, with the burden of maintenance costs and taxes with no revenue to pay for it.
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Your Home: Saving Money With Energy Star Appliances


Looking for the Energy Star designation on home appliances is a surefire way for homeowners to save time, money and the environment. Provide your clients with this handy list of appliances that can help them save on their energy bills.

As a service to your clients, download the attached PDF, attach your business card in the space provided on the bottom left and either fax or mail a copy to them to help them get a handle on fire safety.

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Mes de la seguridad en el emplazamiento de la obra


Mes de la seguridad en el emplazamiento de la obraCualquier momento es un buen momento para refrescar las ideas básicas sobre seguridad y utilizar todas las técnicas que usted como contratista tiene disponibles para disminuir lesiones y no sólo salvar la salud de los empleados, sino también ahorrar tiempo y dinero.

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Prácticas seguras de trabajo con plomo


Prácticas seguras de trabajo con plomoComo contratista de San Francisco, Robert Hauser pasa mucho tiempo remodelando interiores de hogares de estilo victoriano construidos antes de 1978, lo que significa que también pasa mucho tiempo trabajando con pintura a base de plomo.
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