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• JLC Report

  Outsourcing paperwork with a PEO; high-school building program faces closure; defective-drywall guide raises eyebrows; more

• Protecting Profits in Your Construction Business

  Let's begin this month by reviewing some basic financial concepts and benchmarks.

• Putting 'Lean' Principles to Work

  For the past few months we've been focusing on planning - but sooner or later you're going to have to build something in order to earn that income you're planning for.

• Business

  Budgeting for your marketing, sales, and project starts

• Walker & Dunlop Goes Public, Plans Growth in 2011

  After 73 years as a family business, Walker & Dunlop is entering the public markets and is now trading under the ticker symbol "WD."

• Pop Quiz: Q&A With Freddie Mac's Mike May

  Apartment Finance Today recently sat down with Freddie Mac's Mike May to get his perspective on the competitive landscape, both against chief rival Fannie Mae and the private sector, as well as the company's plans for 2011.

• Private Sector Heats Up

  WHILE FANNIE MAE and Freddie Mac continue to win the bulk of multifamily business, other capital sources are growing more competitive.

• Temporary Fix

  THE PAST FEW YEARS haven't been great for apartment owners. Turns out corporate housing companies have had it just as bad.

• Builders Seek "Transfer Fees" to Profit from Future Home Sales

  Practice is called "a new form of price gouging" by lender group.

• Using the NAHB Chart of Accounts to Organize Your Business Finances

  Here's an effective way to organize and categorize expenses and job-cost data and compare the results with your forecasts.