Rehabbing a House

Written by Jim O'Keefe


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Step Six - Phase Four: Framing and Subfloors

Oncerepparttar exterior andrepparttar 104517 HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems are done, I begin to address areas such as rotten wood, tearing down walls and building new ones. Of course, if I’m going to remove or build a wall containing plumbing and/or electric, then my crew has to do it before or during Step Five. I make an effort to finishrepparttar 104518 basement of every house that I renovate. It creates more living space, and for many of my buyers, my finished basement isrepparttar 104519 reason that they buy my home.

Step Seven - Phase Five: Sheet Rock (Drywall)

Once I have completed all ofrepparttar 104520 major systems, then I begin to do my sheet rock (a.k.a. drywall). If at all possible, I prefer to just skim and patchrepparttar 104521 walls, but I frequently put a lot of new sheet rock in my homes. Hanging and finishingrepparttar 104522 sheet rock is something that takes a while, but it goes a long way toward making an old house look new.

Step Eight - Phase Six: Painting

Once all ofrepparttar 104523 sheet rock is done, we get paint onrepparttar 104524 walls. First, we’ll put a coat of primer or a light first coat of paint onrepparttar 104525 walls and then haverepparttar 104526 sheet rock crew fix any flaws, which won’t show up until there is paint onrepparttar 104527 walls. As soon asrepparttar 104528 flaws are repaired, we’ll put two more coats of paint onrepparttar 104529 walls.

Step Nine - Phase Seven: Installing New Kitchens and Baths

Oncerepparttar 104530 paint is onrepparttar 104531 walls, we get our vinyl floors inrepparttar 104532 kitchens and baths before installing allrepparttar 104533 new cabinets, commode, vanity, etc. We usually take our kitchen dimensions to Lowe’s or Home Depot and have them designrepparttar 104534 kitchen for us. It makes my contractor’s life easier and we always getrepparttar 104535 right size cabinets with a good fit.

Step Ten - Phase Eight: Punch Out

Oncerepparttar 104536 kitchens and baths are installed, we start to wrap everything up. Contractors usually refer to this as their “punch out” and consists of allrepparttar 104537 little details such as outlets, switchplates, and light fixtures. Many times, a homeowner will walk through and create a punch list withrepparttar 104538 contractor. Since we’ve worked together for so long, my contractor already knows what needs to be done and we don’t need to do this. Sometimes it seems likerepparttar 104539 punch out isrepparttar 104540 hardest part ofrepparttar 104541 whole renovation since it takes so long to complete everything onrepparttar 104542 list. However, this is alsorepparttar 104543 part ofrepparttar 104544 job that makes your renovation a good one or an excellent one.

Step Eleven - Phase Nine: Carpeting

Since we don’t want workers ruiningrepparttar 104545 new carpet, this isrepparttar 104546 very last thing we install. We usually put new wall-to-wall carpeting throughout.

Step Twelve - Phase Ten - Clean Up and Landscaping

At this point,repparttar 104547 home should be finished and we’ll beginrepparttar 104548 clean up. Since you want your homes to stand out, it is important to get them clean and looking like a million bucks. If I’m going to do any landscaping, it is usually done here asrepparttar 104549 last thing.

Step Thirteen - Phase Eleven - Marketing

Oncerepparttar 104550 home is complete, I immediately begin marketing it. Ifrepparttar 104551 area is hot andrepparttar 104552 home is going to move quickly, then sometimes I’ll start marketing before completion, but most ofrepparttar 104553 time I prefer to haverepparttar 104554 entire job done before allowing people to seerepparttar 104555 home.

Step Fourteen - Phase Twelve - Final Repairs Required

Oncerepparttar 104556 home is under contract with a buyer, they may select to use a home inspector and their lender will order an appraisal. As a result ofrepparttar 104557 inspection or appraisal, you may need to do additional repairs. Thenrepparttar 104558 inspector or appraiser will reinspectrepparttar 104559 property to make surerepparttar 104560 repairs have been done before issuing their final approval.



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The Benefits of EQ Coaching for Mid-Level Executives and Professionals

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence & Professional Development Coach


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“To invest successfully over a lifetime,” he said in an interview, “does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What’s needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions andrepparttar ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework.”

We see hererepparttar 104516 interface between emotions and intellect that is called “emotional intelligence.” The emotions can put asunder whatrepparttar 104517 intellect has so wrought. Fortunately you can increase your EQ, while you generally cannot increase your IQ.

Buffet also evidencesrepparttar 104518 interpersonal skills, integrity and compassion in his business dealings that characterize high EQ. His conduct during 9-11 with his own super-cat insurance crisis was exemplary;repparttar 104519 memo he wrote to his employees was circulatingrepparttar 104520 Internet. Something to his regional managers about -- you keep doing your job, and let me worry about this. That's my job.

Would you work for this man? I surely would. And he wouldn't sell my stock right out from under me either.

He told a newspaper interviewer he was “disgusted” by corporate CEOs who tout their companies while selling shares. “These business leaders,” he said, “view shareholders as patsies, not partners.” He is notorious for never having sold a single share of Berkshire Hathaway.

When 'Dumb' Gets 'Smart'

Buffet further says, "By periodically investing in an index fund, for example,repparttar 104521 know-nothing investor can actually out-perform most investment professionals. Paradoxically, when 'dumb' money acknowledges its limitations, it ceases to be dumb."

Buffet is talking about Emotional Intelligence and who would argue withrepparttar 104522 world's second richest man. And don't forgetrepparttar 104523 part about "drop out" Bill Gates.

And forrepparttar 104524 academic professional, no one said it better than Shakespeare: "We know what we are, but know not what we may become." Emotional Intelligence bringsrepparttar 104525 balance, and positively affects not only success, but health and happiness.

The field of Emotional Intelligence is based on hard data, that is empirical, scientific research. No manager, executive or professional can survive in today’s economic climate on intellectual capacity and academic degrees alone. The maneuvering skills,repparttar 104526 leadership,repparttar 104527 ability to seerepparttar 104528 big picture and communicate, these are what EQ is all about. Jobs change, career fields change, professions and specialties alter considerably or disappear, and new fields appear. Technical education becomes obsolete almost as soon as its attained, though a liberal arts education will endure,repparttar 104529 benefits of which are approached in programs such as The EQ Foundation Course© (http://www.susandunn.cc/courses.htm ). Consider emotional intelligence coaching for yourself, and your up-and-coming employees, and get emotional intelligence coaching training for your managers and HR personnel. It works.

Asrepparttar 104530 word gets around – and this is an international phenomenon -- that "soft" skills bring "hard" results, you'll be inrepparttar 104531 right place atrepparttar 104532 right time withrepparttar 104533 right tool. And that's Emotional Intelligence.

©Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence and Professional Development Coach. The EQ Coach, http://www.susandunn.cc . Coaching, distance learning courses and ebooks around emotional intelligence. Mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for free ezine. I train and certify managers, coaches, trainers and therapists to be EQ coaches, http://www.eqcoach.net . Start tomorrow, no residence requirement, global student body for multicultural learning.


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