Seize Your Business

blog / April 16, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Podcast Appearance With Seize Your Business By Ryan Siebert I was recently asked to be a guest on the Seize Your Business podcast with Kevin O’Flaherty and Jim Waszak.  I’m always amazed at what you can learn from telling your own story when you have good people that are […]




How to Increase the Value of Your Home By Adding a Second Story

blog / April 14, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] How to Increase the Value of Your Home By Adding a Second Story By Pat Cardoni Last week we talked about the duckets, the simoleons, the cashola required for a two flat de-conversion. This week money is on my mind again…but this time let’s talk about adding a second story!




What Does It Take To Be A Custom Home Builder?

blog / April 11, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] What Does It Take To Be A Custom Home Builder? By Ryan Siebert With the help of Goldman Sachs and their 10K Small Businesses program I was able to fully analyze the business that is SG Home Builders.  What I discovered is that we have what it takes to […]




Conversion Costs of Construction

blog,Uncategorized / April 6, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Two Flat Conversion Costs By Pat Cardoni Today we are going to talk money, dollar bills, rolling in the Benjamins, hard core to the floor cash.  Specifically we will focus on the conversion costs associated with turning a two flat into a single family home.  That is right folks, […]




How To Communicate With Your Home Builder?

blog / April 3, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] How To Communicate With Your Home Builder? By Ryan Siebert In today’s world of instant gratification you can find yourself very discouraged if you don’t know how to communicate with your home builder when it comes to building  or remodeling your custom home.




Determining Remodeling Budget

blog / March 29, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] How do you determine your remodeling budget? By Ryan Siebert I often find myself perplexed when we work on a remodeling budget for a client and the numbers that we come up with are way off from what they were expecting.  So I ask in all sincereness, how do […]




Site Selection for Wealth Creation

blog / March 27, 2017

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Wealth Creation Starts With Site Selection By Pat Cardoni In today’s ongoing quest to educate consumers on how to Build Value Through Construction I will talk about the importance of site selection for your real estate wealth creation.




Building Your Own Custom Home Can Save You Big Money

blog / December 29, 2016

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Find Out How Building Your Own Custom Home Can Save You Big Money in the Long Run By Ryan Siebert I’m often preaching the benefits of custom home building be using verbiage that focuses on the custom portion of the project.  At a recent seminar that I participated in […]




I Wouldn’t Trust a "Home Builder" To Build My House If My Life Depended On It!

blog / December 15, 2016

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] How You Can Assure Your Home Builder Doesn’t Give You An Incorrect Bid By Ryan Siebert I’ve been working in residential construction for the last 10 years and have had the privilege to take part in over 450 projects.  At one point in time or another during each project there […]




Chicago Sales Report, November 2016

blog / December 9, 2016

[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] November 2016 Chicago Sales Report for Real Estate Transactions By Pat Cardoni The November Chicago sales report numbers are in.  It looks like the election malaise is over.  Late summer/fall contract slowdown ended with a bang as 80 new construction single family and 168 new construction attached single families went […]