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How to be and entreprenuer in the custom home building industry?
I am currently enrolled @ the University of Texas at Austin and I am going to major in Architecture. The degree teaches me how to design buildings on a large scale and small ones such as residential housing and sets me up to get licensed to be an architect to work in an architect firm. But I want to open up my own custom home building business, not work for a firm making a measley $50,000 a year. Does anyone know how I can become a entreprenuer in building custom homes. I want to do everything, such as laying the foundation, framing, designing the building, and Landscape. What do I do to make my career dream come true? Please, only knowledgeable inquires only. Thank you!
Like building a home you need a solid foundation in your business. Build relationships with contractors in each of the fields you mentioned. Join a builders network in your area and attend meetings, seminars, anything to meet with people that are already doing it. Immerse yourself in the field.
Before you start any business you also need a solid business and marketing plan. http://www.sba.gov can help with the business plan.
Good luck!
Scott Peterson, Landscape Architect
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Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) $7.81 Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York’s Central Park to Boston’s Emerald Necklace to Stanford University’s campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joi… |
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Robert A. M. Stern: Houses and Gardens $53.52 Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, was first recognized for its distinguished houses, and residential design remains the corne… |
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Lake/Flato: Buildings & Landscapes $28.75 Winner of the 2004 AIA Firm of the Year Award, Lake/Flato has been designing practical buildings since 1984. These are buildings whose ingenuity and craftsmanship merge tradition with new technologies. Their work seeks a modern vernacular yet builds upon the traditions of regional architecture by adapting local materials and craft to build well-sited structures that recognize the need for comfort … |
January 23, 2012 4:15 am 
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