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Tiny Home Living is Thriving, But With Drawbacks

Pro Builder

No debt or financial burdens, endless travel, and little limitations are the big reasons why many turn toward tiny home living, but the pandemic has put a pause on many of those benefits. Global Tiny Homes Market 2020 report found builders and sellers saw above average sales for tiny homes during the pandemic.

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Millennial Buyers Are Flooding the Housing Market

Pro Builder

Burdened by student debt and with career paths sidelined by the 2008 financial crisis and housing-market collapse, many millennials lacked the savings for a down payment in their 20s. Some real-estate brokers also theorized that millennials preferred to rent and spend money on travel and experiences rather than buy houses. “We

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Oh No! I’ve Graduated With a Construction Management Degree.

Constructonomics

Now they are boggled in debt and left with no income on which to live. You may want to take this opportunity to do some traveling or volunteering around the world for a couple of years and then come back to a much improved job market. So of course the simple solution to that is to get a job.

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Flight Centre coronavirus cancellation fees capped after customer anger

Construction Test

Flight Centre is attempting to soothe customer anger over its $300 cancellation charge by capping fees and offering incentives for people to take travel credits rather than refunds. Domestic travel cancellation fees will be capped at $100 per booking rather than $50 per person.

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Builders Need to Influence Their Teams to Get the COVID-19 Vaccination

Pro Builder

Across the country, construction industry employees leave their homes daily and travel . ?Builders I support their financial literacy efforts with 401k contribution education and personal debt management. Builders and construction executives are responsible for more than securing certificates of occupancy and laying foundations.

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Sequestration Nation

Business Facilities

This happened during an earlier pre-fabricated budget showdown in 2011, which featured a threatened default on the national debt and resulted in the first-ever downgrade of the United States’ AAA credit rating. And so on and so forth. This grim prospect has prompted calls for a ceasefire from some unexpected quarters.

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Flying Without Altitude

Business Facilities

This year, only 300 flights and about 8 million passengers will travel through PIT. According to the Times report, about 42 percent of the annual operating budget at PIT goes to serving the airport’s debt. This bright outlook turned gloomy in 2004, when US Airways began phasing out the PIT hub.