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		<title>July Bulletin from the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s in a Name? Actually, a name can make all the difference.  Contractors are licensed in the State of Louisiana in either their personal name or the name of a company.  Before the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) can issue a license to a company, the company must be registered with the Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Bulletin from The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BULLETIN: 11-08 August 15, 2011 Trust, but Verify   On his desk in the White House, President Truman had a sign that famously stated, “The Buck Stops Here”! As a state licensed contractor, you should be aware that the law holds you accountable to contract exclusively with properly licensed contractors.  According to La. R.S. 37:2158A(4), the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management, Another Key Ingredient to TQM-Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Management,  the key to proper coordination and communication is vital to TQM. This is where it all comes together&#8230; costs, schedule and production.  Without efficient systems driven project management, the attitude just becomes &#8220;whatever happens today is OK&#8221;.  If you have ever built a home without someone specifically directing the choir, you know what I am talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Supervision, One Key Ingredient to TQM-Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pennhomes.info/blog/?p=612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is TQM you might ask?  TQM is short for Total Quality Management.  I would like to start this 3 part series where the rubber meets the road&#8230;the job site.  This is where all of the effort, both the back end and field work, comes to fruition.  The finished product is what drives the builder; it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chateau Collection-New Home Designs from Penn Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of design, redesign, corrections, tweaks&#8230;Finally it is here!  Meet the Chateau Collection by Penn Homes.  The first two plans have rolled out and promise to be another spectacular creation.  The goal was to provide never before constructed sustainable exteriors that appealed to the demands of todays buyer.  Mixing old world stucco with used brick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowest Cost is Not Always the Best Price</title>
		<link>http://www.pennhomes.info/blog/2011/07/lowest-cost-is-not-always-the-best-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried to save a dime and wound up spending a dollar?  At times it is embarrassing, but when it happens to the largest investment you will possibly ever make, it often turns tragic.  Over the last 30 years, I cannot tell you how many times I have heard from a disgruntled homeowner&#8230;after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans Happy with Homeownership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of homeownership has been questioned by the media as Americans struggle in the current recession. But the truth is that most families are happy about their choice to buy a home. Bankrate, Inc., a financial publishing company, recently surveyed more than 1,000 randomly-selected adults about their home purchase and 90 percent responded that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RSVP:  Outdoor Living &#8211; Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jodipenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of life&#8217;s simplest pleasures is being outdoors.  Whether you are at the beach with sand between your toes, listening to the waves or riding up a ski lift with the biting cold air hitting your face hearing the crash of branches in the distance &#8212; there is just something about being outdoors that brings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Things New Homeowners Should Do Right Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Penn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about a year since our daughter purchased a home in another city.  After we completed shopping for her home, the closing process and unpacking her boxes, we realized there was a missing component to her home buying process.  What do you do after your settled?  It&#8217;s not time to put up your feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RSVP: Wide Open Spaces &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://www.pennhomes.info/blog/2010/08/rsvp-wide-open-spaces-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jodipenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point, I&#8217;m sure you are wondering what I mean by &#8220;wide open spaces.&#8221;  I&#8217;m talking about &#8220;wide, open floor plans.&#8221; Like most families, we lead a pretty busy life and when we are home &#8212; we like to be connected.  So, an open floor plan is the perfect way for me to cook [...]]]></description>
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