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Information to Help Builders Become More Profitable Is on the Web

• Need some pointers to reduce your cycle time?
• Want to prevent fraud from affecting your business?
• Wonder how much to allot for contingency budgets?
• Want to ask another builder about estimating software?
• Want to maximize leads from your parade house?
• Want to reduce jobsite crime?
• Need the NAHB Chart of Accounts?

If you are seeking help in these or other areas to improve your business and become more profitable, search the online business management resources available at Business Management Tools, a special, members-only section of www.nahb.org.

Provided by NAHB’s Business Management Department, Business Management Tools contains articles, Web pages, books and other resources developed by and for contractors. Their voices and best practices appear throughout these materials, providing hands-on, workable solutions to the business issues you encounter on a daily basis.

If it's technology information you need, Business Management Tools also includes information from IT professionals and consultants who know the home building industry inside and out.

NAHB' business assistance is organized into 10 categories for your convenience so you can get the answers you need fast:

• Accounting & Financial Management
• Business & Strategic Planning
• Computer & Information Technology
• Construction Management
• Business Tools for Custom Builders
• Customer Service
• Regulatory Environment & Your Business
• Sales & Marketing
• Business of Building e/Source
• Talk About Business & IT

Browse the categories or search for specific topics. Visit Business Management Tools by choosing the first tab under "Resources" on NAHB’s home page. These materials are available 24 hours a day to help you increase your profits and improve your productivity.

You can also suggest additional topics by e-mailing mchilds@nahb.com or jtunick@nahb.com.

Business Management Publications Available at BuilderBooks.com

BuilderBooks.com offers a variety of other publications about business management. To view or purchase these publications online, click here.

University of Housing Offers Courses on Customer Service and Business Management

The NAHB University of Housing offers a course on business management designed to help builders improve their business and profitability. For a list of current offerings, click here. Search keywords: “Introduction to Business Management.”

Subscribe to NAHB’s Business of Building e/Source

NAHB’s Business of Building e/Source is your monthly electronic guide to the hot issues and emerging trends in home building business management. You’ll find practical advice, tricks of the trade and sound business guidance — all delivered monthly, straight to your desktop, in a quick and easy-to-read format. Business of Building e/Source is available free to NAHB members and their employees. To subscribe, click here on the members-only side of www.nahb.org.

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