Plan on distinguishing myself from other builders by offering a better product.

It's amazing the credibility you get from your maintenance crew when you show them a product they didn't know about (vinyl planking floors or CU/AL rated outlets for aluminum wiring) or discuss a job with them as if you've done this hundreds of times.  

You will have to make your own decision about the morality, or lack thereof, in plagiarizing your professional advisor's work product.

The first portion of the meeting was essentially a commercial for his 3 day seminar.

I am essentially committing to years of financing and hoping the market keeps rising.

, attitude, salesmanship, and a dozen other attributes and skills are, at least I think, much more essential to your long-term success as a REI.2) You didn't say much about what kind of REI you want to be.

Another option is visit construction products store. 

Revitalization can put prime real estate back into productive use, because the area is located in strategic places near a waterfront, railroad and transportation routes up East and to the airport and surrounding popular city areas such as NYC and DC.


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My compensation from my initial employer did not change, basically the companies just agreed to allow me to expand my duties and the new responsibilities will be paid for by the partner entity.5 years ago before I started working at this job, my employer entered into a long-term revenue-share agreement with the partner company (which is a separate entity w/ different ownership) to expand our capabilities and capitalize on a new product/offering that had a substantial market opportunity in our industry.