What could be more fun than asking your customers what you’re doing wrong? Probably a million things. It isn’t that much fun, and that’s probably why most businesses don’t ask their customers what they think. If you have the guts and can listen, you will learn amazing things about how your company is “perceived.” [...]

I recently had the opportunity to listen to two very influential commercial real estate professionals the other day at an Urban Land Institute event. One was Grady Gammage, Jr and the other was Steve Betts.
There were several takeaways from the opportunity to listen to both of them about how they ended up where they are [...]

            
While modern sensibility gravitates towards the neutrals of beige and beige, we seem to have forgotten the neutrals of “the lost generation” - black and white. Gertrude Stein may have had other colors in mind in coining the phrase, but it recalls her zeitgeist and the Cole Porter era. With the burgeoning of photography, images were cast [...]

Sometimes disasters strike without warning, such as earthquakes, including the one millions of Americans felt on the East Coast. Other times, we have a few days to prepare, like we have right now with Hurricane Irene approaching the Carolinas. In the case of any natural or man-made disaster, business owners should have a disaster preparedness plan in [...]

It’s moving season! Relocating to a new place is a great time to start fresh. Unfortunately, moving itself comes with baggage - a lot of waste produced from packing up your things and moving them to your new home. Here are a few simple ways to make your relocation as eco-friendly as possible.

Find a moving company that [...]

A new technology company born from New York City innovation continues to make news since it’s public announcement in mid-June.  Used to abbreviate the often overwhelming length of website addresses, Bre.ad is a link shortener that allows you to customize your own digital billboard (pun-fully named a “toast”) to recommend your favorite things.
Anyone clicking a [...]

This is the first in a series of posts regarding the most widely used and least understood real estate investment performance metric, the Internal Rate of Return, or IRR. Could life on the Internet possibly get any more exciting than this?!

Mixed-use Condominiums in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle Neighborhood. Uses in addition to the luxury residential [...]

One of best ways to incorporate a chic and almost airy look in your home is by introducing Lucite furniture into your home décor. Lucite, also known as acrylic glass, usually comes in a clear color, but more furniture and product designers are manufacturing it in bright colors like fuchsia and orange, as well as softer hues [...]

This just in! PROCESS YOUR CUSTOMER CHECKS… ELECTRONICALLY… RISK FREE - Never Hassle With Returned Checks or NSF Fees Again with (ECC) Electronic Check Conversion, funds are electronically deposited directly into the merchant’s bank account. 
Why not take checks just like a credit card and give the check writer what they want, (the #1 Form of [...]

A few months ago in late spring I read Toward a Zero Energy Home - A Complete Guide to Energy Self-Sufficiency at Home by David Johnston and Scott Gibson, or should I say, devoured it hungrily. I read it on a cross-country flight in one sitting.
 
2010, The Taunton Press
 
The book begins by making a great case [...]