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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

Construction Marketing

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are owners, operators, and financers of income-generating real estate properties. The primary purpose of a REIT is to generate income for its investors through rental income, capital gains, or both. As such, it may lead to higher rental income and property values.

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Balancing Work and Study: How an Online MBA in Construction Management Helps Working Professionals

Construction Marketing

Deadlines, projects, and site visits make traditional classroom-based learning impractical. Many professionals struggle when transitioning from on-site roles to managerial positions because they lack formal business training. Online MBAs are often more affordable, eliminating relocation or commuting costs.

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Puerto Rican mixed-use, mixed income housing development begins construction

BD+C

The Jose Gautier Benitez development is officially under construction on a 21-acre site in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The site will be divided into six residential blocks that includes five streets dedicated to family housing, and one reserved for elderly housing.

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Link Building Advanced: Submission Tips and Tricks

Construction Marketing

Here we’ll cover the top website directory submission sites we’ve used, including paid and unpaid. Top 3 Web Directory Submission Sites (PAID): Yahoo Directory - The Yahoo directory is the best paid option for submitting your website. When submitting your blogs, be sure to check out the site. Cost: $299 per year.

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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site

Pro Builder

but one that needs to take place if home builders want to successfully transition from on-site stick-building to an off-site or factory-built model for the bulk of their structural needs. For The Cove , a new community of for-sale detached and attached homes in Sacramento, Calif., Photo: Jeff A.

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Income Needed to Afford a Home in Every U.S. City

Pro Builder

Income Needed to Afford a Home in Every U.S. metros and the minimum income needed to afford a home. But some less dense cities, such as Toledo, Ohio, only require a minimum income of $17,700 to afford a home. Zippia also applied the standard rule that your monthly mortgage payments should be less than 30% of your monthly income.

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Temporary Fencing: Protection For Workers and Others

Constructonomics

We all know that a construction site offers up all kinds of health and safety issues, but it seems that many site owners still aren’t doing enough to keep their workers safe. The problem may stem from how site owners view the fencing in the first place. It’s not just about the exterior of the site.

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