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		<title>Why &#8220;New&#8221; Probably Means &#8220;Smaller&#8221; for New Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 19:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Allred</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greater Montgomery Homebuilders Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent home show, professional remodeler and homebuilder David Lisenby indicated that “show traffic was encouraging” over the three days of the Greater Montgomery Home Builders Association’s Home Expo, held the last weekend in April 2010 in Montgomery, Alabama. Lisenby said he “talked with several people during the show interested in building new homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Consider When Hiring A Property Management Company (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Allred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I passed along a post from a colleague, Chris Thorman of Software Advice. Here is the final part of the series.
Drawbacks of Hiring a Property Management Company
Of course, outsourcing management involves risks that need to be considered. A property management company that is negligent in responsibilities could cause more headaches for their owners. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Consider When Hiring a Property Management Company (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Allred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I passed along a post from a colleague, Chris Thorman of Software Advice. Here is Part 2 in the series.
Benefits of Hiring a Property Management Company
If a property owner decides that they’re not able to properly manage their property, it’s important to understand what side effects they should expect. In general, a well-run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Consider When Hiring a Property Management Company (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Allred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post was written by a colleague, Chris Thorman, who works for a company called Software Advice. I think it&#8217;s a good piece and wanted to pass it along.
If a property owner has a growing number of properties, it’s inevitable that a day will come when they ask, “Should I outsource the day-to-day operations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping Center Marketing Goes Social</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Allred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a good article by Steve McLinden in Shopping Centers Today. Steve does a nice job of gathering the social strategies of some of the bigger players in shopping center marketing and detailing them in his piece.
For those just dipping their toe into the social &#8216;pool&#8217;  to some with an active social media [...]]]></description>
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