Have you ever had a moment in your life (or in your business) where you’ve felt behind the times?

I can remember when I was a 25-year-old guy trying to sell my blue pearl Slingerland drum set (which I still assumed was hot). I remember a younger guy on the other end of the phone asked me what color it was. I said, “blue pearl.” He said, “Dude, you’ve got be kidding me, right?”

Reality slapped me in the face. The times, styles and popular…

I don’t have to tell you the remodeling and new home building business has gotten harder since you entered it. I bet you can relate to these challenges:

• 1) Customers are more demanding. Not only do your customer want it yesterday, but they want it done for the same price, with the same cool and stylish materials they saw on HGTV last week. The problem is their budget is unrealistic and you can’t even find the materials they want in your…