August Home Mortgage Rates
ecent August Home Mortgage Rates dipped to just over 5.1% down slightly from last weeks 5.3% for the 30 year mortgage.
Finally rates are back down to where they were pre summer when rates were 4.91%. Rates should help bring buyers back into the market to absorb some of the growing inventory. Clearly the market for real [...]
Home Depot and Lowes Second Quarter Profits
Results for second quarter profits at Home Depot and Lowes were just released indicating that the market for property improvement is generally still weak. But what does that really mean to you? Lowes second quarter results were down 19% and are down 9.5% from this time last year. Home Depot was down 7% in the [...]
Brickliners – Burlington Vermont Chimney Flue and Chimney Liners
ased in Burlington Vermont Brickliners specializes in chimney flue maintenance and installation of chimney liners as well as other services thoughtout the state like sweeping, masonry and repair.
The last thing you want on those cold Vermont nights is whether or not the fireplace is possibly unsafe. If you’re like me you assume that once it’s [...]
GF 1 – Minnesota Industrial Flooring Project
When a high end German based camera manufacturer needed new industrial flooring for their Minnesota facility they turned to GF 1 and Joe Sheehan for a solution.
(Visit www.gfonecoatings.com for more on this topic)
The 2,000 square foot concrete floor needed a unique surface. This particular floor was directly adjacent to the companies board room and seperated by [...]
Resurfacing Kitchen Flooring in Houma Louisiana
Here’s a unique cost saving application for thousands of properties nationwide. Mike Hollohan of Custom Stone Manufacturing provided new kitchen flooring in a Houma Louisiana residence.
The product was a self leveling concrete applied 3/8 inch thick right over existing ceramic tile. The product used was Param 5500 from Duraamen a product manufacturer and distributor owned [...]
Lake Ozark Pool Deck and Boat Dock Resurfacing Expert
E’Dee Johnson of Designer Concrete Coatings submitted this story about her companies specialization, Lake Ozark Mo. Pool Deck and Boat Dock concrete resurfacing.
The concrete was in rough shape from years of wear and tear. The pool deck was approximately 1,100 square feet and was completed for about $5.00 psf.
Lake Ozark is a resort community. Many of [...]
New York City Concrete Design Ideas
When I was at the recent World of Concrete show I met Jane Reamer of Iron Age Designs a designer and builder of custom Iron grates. My first thought was what an excellent New York City concrete design idea. The iron grates have an old historical high function appearance.
As you can see in the photos [...]
Opportunities In Real Estate Rehab and Restoration
At the recent World of Concrete Show in Vegas this company caught my attention. Something Better Company based in Arizona has an interesting line of concrete resurfacing products that will add value to real estate. If you are in the real estate rehab and restoration market you should contact them.
They have various products for resurfacing concrete [...]
Joe Sheehan, Guru of Polyaspartic Floor Coatings
Visit www.gfonecoatings.com for more information about GF One Coatings of Minnesota.
During the past six months I spent a lot of time learning about Polyaspartic floor coatings from Joe Sheehan. Joe is based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.
Polyaspartic Floor Coatings are a two component product that when mixed and applied to concrete floors creates [...]
Flooring Insurance During Construction
I ran into this company in Vegas at the World of Concrete. Ram Board. It seems that this product is always needed when it’s needed. No one seems to think about ordering a product like this ahead of time.
It doesn’t matter what kind of flooring is put down in a construction project there will always [...]
Mega Opportunities For Decorative Coatings Specialists
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal about the recent sale of the Cincinnati Mills mall in Ohio. The mall sold for the dirt cheap price of $20.00 per square foot. Compare that to nationwide average mall prices of over $130.00 per square foot. Thats a sale at 15 cents on the dollar.
I’ve [...]
Reviving The Economy With Concrete?
As a property rehabber I have used decorative coatings for years. The reason, every rehab is different and nothing is ever square or level. If you try and knock down walls, rebuild floors or get into big construction you are done, you will lose money. Knowing the products exist is a big start. Check out [...]
The Contractors Guide To Profits
The Contractors Guide To Prospering In Niche Markets has gotton off to a very positive start for the year.
It’s a 100 page workbook thats teaches a very focused business program. The concepts are fairly simple and a lot easier than doing it wrong.
Since the release of the book available in a downdload format 557 copies [...]
Opportunities In A Challenged Market
Big Opportunities In The Swimming Pool Market
Now that we have a new president maybe the markets will feel a new confidence. With Obama at the helm the liberal press has nothing to complain about.
Despite the gloomy reporting lately there are still plenty of interesting opportunties. In The Wall Street Journal there was an article about [...]
Hanley Wood Market Alert for January
Hanley Wood just released their housing alert newsletter for January. They do an excellent job of reporting the current state of the residential housing market. The writers of the Beige Book at the Fed should take notice of quality reporting.
Here are a few statistics from their report.
S & P 500 Index – down 6.7% [...]
