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To all,Last Week in Review   "NO GREAT DISCOVERY WAS EVER MADE WITHOUT A BOLD GUESS." Isaac Newton But even the great mind of Isaac Newton might not have guessed that Bonds and home loan rates would continue on such a volatile course. But let's get bold, and discover what caused the latest rock a...

I found this article to be very helpful. BuilderRadio interviews David Giannetto, director of J.H. Cohn's Enterprise Performance Management Practice and co-author of The Performance Power Grid.Would you describe your organization's primarily focus as being customer-centric, or product-centric? In...

To all:"DARLING, I DON'T KNOW WHY I GO TO EXTREMES...TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW, THERE AIN'T NO IN-BETWEENS..." Billy Joel The financial markets endured another week of extreme bipolar behavior, with enormous intra-day mood swings that normally wouldn't be seen over the course of several weeks. While Bo...

To all those that are watching the markets, with the rate reduction in Fed funds of .75 percent, the 400 pt rise in the stock market, and the corresponding, and unfortunate, rise in mortgage interest rates late yesterday, we have to have a little levity in our lives to protect our sanity.Hope all...

I am a modular home dealer and have had a high closing ratio when I send people to the facory for a tour.  With the high price of gas I was thinking of giving a credit card for say $40 worth of gas from a local gas chain.  Your thoughts would be appreciated on this matter?

I just want to thank the fine folks at Walmart.  I have been coming to my model at WI 35 and Hwy. 8 and they are always here to help me in and out of the house (since I have MS).  I know there are people that don't always look kindly on them but they provide products at a good price and help the ...

I have had MS for 9 years now and found it real hard to accept help from others.  Then a very wise person told me "when you let others help you, you do as much for them as yourself".  It has taken me a lot of time to realize this and I am thankful to be able to hear this and realize people want t...

To All,Get ready for the wild ride!!  JP Morgan Chase and the Fed just bailed out Bear Stearns over the weekend for pennies on the dollar!  In addition, the Fed just lowered rates on loans to banks by .25%.  While the rate reduction is helpful, it probably will not be received by lenders as somet...

 During the last 35 years, Wisconsin and Dynamic Homes have maintained a tradition of striving to build the best homes on the market. That tradition coupled with the experience we've learned along the way has resulted in Wisconsin and Dynamic Homes becoming two of the largest and most trusted mod...

  The Financial Benefits of Owning a Home    The Best Investment  As a fairly general rule, homes appreciate about four or five percent a year. Some years will be more, some less. The figure will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region. Five percent may not seem like that muc...