February 2009

Tom Stephani, MIRM, Master CSP, CGB, GMB
NSMC Chair

The New Stimulus Package Signed Into Law
Builders Launch Tax Credit Web Site
NAHB Applauds ANSI Approval of National Green Building Standard™
IBS NSMC/IRM Committee Minutes Now Available Online
Nation’s Home Builders Elect Leadership for 2009
IBS Recap -- IRM Breakfast and The Nationals
New Trustees Announced at IBS
Congratulations to New IRM Designees!
Can't Find the IRM Directory?
Missed the SMC Workshop? Find Out How to Inspire Volunteers and Members
2009 SMC Directory Now Available Online
Continuing Education Opportunities: Look No Further than Your Local SMC
IRM Course Schedule for February, March and April
SMI Magazine Sneak Peek: March/April Issue
New Content on the Channel: Builder-Broker Relations, Market Research, Technology and Ask a MIRM
You Have Two Days Left to Become a Speaker at the 2010 IBS – Deadline February 20!
New Builder Business Guides Released at IBS – Free for Members
Register fo the Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Conference and Awards Gala
Member Advantage Discounts: FedEx, GM & Wyndham Hotels
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  New Builder Business Guides Released at IBS – Free for Members

 Three new, free Biztools builder business guides ― created to help NAHB members manage their businesses more effectively and increase their profits were released at the International Builders’ Show in January at Las Vegas.

The guides offer members tips on technology, business planning, ensuring the financial health of their businesses and more.  Each guide is comprised of member-written articles that offer tips and advice on topics to better ones business – especially in tough times.

Produced by NAHB's Business Management and Information Technology Committee, and found in the business management resources section of the NAHB Web site - www.nahb.org/biztools - the new 2009 Biztools Builder Business Guides include:

  • “Information Technology for Home Builders: Using Technology to Increase Efficiency”
  • “Business Management for Home Builders: Succession Planning to Map Your Future”
  • “Financial Management for Home Builders: Understanding Cash Flow”

All three concise guides ― which include lists of other valuable NAHB Biztools resources ― are free for members and HBAs. For electronic versions, go to www.nahb.org/bbg. To order hard copies, free of charge minus shipping, go to www.nahb.org/materialsordering.    

Free 2007 and 2008 BizTools Business Guides Also Available

The 2006 and 2007 BizTools builder business guides are also available free to NAHB members and can be downloaded from the NAHB Web site in a PDF format only.

To view or download the 2007 and 2008 guides, click here.

Show Your Membership What NAHB Has to Offer

The BizTools Flyer free resource was also released at the International Builders' Show and available to members and HBAs. This flyer shows all the resources www.BuilderBooks.com and the Business Management Department have to offer.

Packed with resources to keep a business afloat, the flyer is the perfect introduction to NAHB resources an HBA can offer a new member - or remind veteran members as well.

To order hard copies, free of charge minus shipping, go to www.nahb.org/materialsordering.

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