Who be Blue? “Blue” is Brock Patterson the owner of Blue Ribbon Construction in Wichita, Kansas. An independent and capable guy, Brock has tried his hand at a few things to finally end up being a General Contractor and a Remodel Crazy member, here’s a little about “Blue”. Brock went to college on a football [...]

Short and sweet, You can go Green with an FHA 203k home loan. Find a property, roll the purchase and rehab costs into one assumable mortgage. The FHA 203k loan allows you to do an Energy Efficient Mortgage. Find a house, fix it up with new appliances, windows, insulation and more. Go to www.203kloanmn.com or [...]

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. By the Paul As we approach the Earth Day celebration we also can mark our calendars as the day most contractors went to work as outlaws, rule breakers, endangerment specialists. As an industry we will not have met the minimum requirements for [...]

Blaine Minnesota Home Design and Remodel Expo Magic Brad and Rick has another great show lined up with The Paul from Silvertree Construction as a seminar speaker. Hot Kitchen or Not? This presentation will give a brief history of kitchens and design. Historic kitchens, present day and future kitchen design are all covered during this [...]

Who is Remodel Buddy? by The Paul Tim comes from Jamestown, New York, the birthplace of Lucille Ball and the location of Chautauqua Lake, which loosely translated from the Seneca Native American language means “Bag tied in the middle”.

ONLINE LEARNING NARI offers it, so does NAHB and a few others. We have offerings to further your education needs coming up. Topics like: Quick and easy tech support. Online lessons from a forward thinking software developer on estimating. Down and dirty permit acquisition. Social networking for effect. How to start your own Professional Contractor [...]