PEGGY FISHER: Contemporary design isn't for everyone. Be sensitive to your clients' needs and wants.
Coming out of the recession, small and nimble look to be the traits most important to remodeling companies in 2010.
If hosting a remodeled-home open house can be nerve-wracking, imagine the anxiety that might come with hosting five open houses in one neighborhood, in a two-hour window, on one day.
From the beginning to the end of any remodel, variables abound and chance may play a part beyond anyone's expectations. When a company succeeds, it does so, in a sense, by reducing that variability, by exerting as much control as possible over the job's every detail.
Although team-selling is not a new concept, more remodelers are experimenting with team dynamics, including introducing male-female sales teams.
