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Vincent Aviani

Vincent Aviani is an award-winning writer living in Los Angeles and Montericco, Guatemala. He has more than 15 years’ experience writing about the people, places, and events that shape the real estate and building industries.

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SBA Warns Businesses to Watch Out for These New Scams

Almost everyone knows not to click on the email from a far-away prince promising your millions of dollars for a small payment is a scam–if you didn’t, now you do. But under...
Sept. 9, 2020
Management

Is Recruiting 90 Percent Marketing?

Since its founding in 1983, Reborn Cabinets, based in Anaheim, Calif., has grown to become an industry standout with nearly $45 million in revenue in 2017 and as many as 400 employees...
Jan. 4, 2018
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Construction Practices

Help Hiring Help

Somewhere in the Sierra Nevada, along the celestial blue shores of California’s Lake Tahoe, Dave Baker, general superintendent for Reno, Nev.-based Dianda Construction, is watching...
Jan. 4, 2018
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Management

Passing the Baton: ESOPs as an Exit Strategy

Successful business owners must inevitably grapple with what to do when the time comes to retire. This predicament becomes even more daunting when the business has a long record...
March 19, 2017
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Labor Shortage Bucket Brigade

There’s a bucket brigade being formed throughout the building industry. This determined group has assembled to extinguish the fire that is the construction industry’s labor shortage...
Feb. 13, 2017
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Products

Bidets Finally Making Inroads in US Bathrooms

Here’s a riddle: What works like a shower, looks like a toilet, has been used in Europe for more than 300 years, and is virtually unknown in the United States? The answer, of ...
Jan. 27, 2017
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Keeping the Faith

Chick-fil-A, Forever 21, Timberland, Interstate Batteries, Tyson Foods ... the list of companies goes on. There’s a wealth of American businesses that are known not only for their...
Nov. 16, 2016
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What's Being Done About the Labor Shortage

Shawn Woods, president of Ashar Homes, in Independence, Mo., recently looked at his workflow schedule and knew he needed at least seven framers to accomplish the job. “I needed...
July 19, 2016