Utah uses a business tax discount to encourage people to follow it versus state law which makes it a bit more optional.

.- The new system will be integrated with our PM system, allowing you to send a more complete introduction, AND allowing recipients of requests to respond directly to the messages in them.I'll expound on everything on Monday, but we've taken your suggestions for improving how things work and have integrated them into a vastly improved, and easier to understand system.

That may actually encourage responsible behavior on the part of borrowers by increasing savings, although it would have some painful short term effects.

(Apologizing for interrupting will encourage a grieving person to anger).

The City of Austin is trying to encourage growth along the new toll corridor east of town, but there isn't much in infrastructure there.

.- Then there are the little things -- for example, my project manager has full authority to bring in lunch for the crew at random times (though I encourage him to do this when there is a lot of work going on and we want to keep the crew on-site) and to buy a case or two of beer every Friday for the guys to take home.These are the kinds of things I prefer, as opposed to writing in bonuses into the contract which will only motivate them for that one job -- I prefer the longer-term motivation instead.As for penalties, I'm typically pretty lenient as long as my contractors and employees strive to "do the right thing" -- I'm not going to fault someone for making an honest effort and failing, and I'm definitely that way when it comes to schedules.

You want your contractors to have their incentives aligned with yours, and by paying based on time, their incentives are then diametrically opposed to yours (the longer the project takes, the more money they make).If the contractors say it will take 4 weeks and are charging $2250 per week, I'd much rather set a fixed fee of $9000, which would encourage them to finish sooner -- thereby increasing their hourly earn.

I will actively reach out to the other Michiganders on this post and encourage you all to reach out to me as well.

For doing its part, I’m donating a modest amount to BP and encourage others to do the same.

I would encourage you to increase your earnest money, and in some cases go non contingent on your offers.