The competition was fierce at this year’s annual event held at The Estates on the Ridge at Echo Valley in Norwalk that featured seven beautiful [ Read more... ]

Joppa Outreach makes progress toward tiny home community. The January 2017 BUILD introduced readers to Joppa, a Des Moines-based nonprofit working to [ Read more... ]

A look back at two decades in the real estate business. Cindy Pelz has been executive officer for the Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS® (DMAAR) for nine years. But [ Read more... ]

The short answer is “Yes, No, and It Depends”. With all the hype over how active the real estate market is in Des Moines and central Iowa, I thought it would be a good [ Read more... ]

Own a Company but operating your business under a different name than originally used to form the business? Have you registered, filed, or recorded for a Doing Business As, [ Read more... ]

I spend so much time trying to convince smaller contractors that it is ok to stay/be small, that I could write a book, but I don’t have time for that shit so you are [ Read more... ]