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Flower Mound, Texas, February 12, 2012 – The Facebook Group, ‘Chicks 4 Flower Mound’, has drafted a Proposed Backyard Chicken Ordinance for the keeping of backyard chickens in Flower Mound. The Town of Flower Mound is considering amending the current ordinance, based on requests of several citizens that want to keep a few pet hens in their backyards.

Chickens are great with kids

Citizens want ...

In the recent Great Recession, many in the industry joked about financing commercial real estate, “If it’s not SBA, there ain’t no way”. The economy and commercial real estate has improved, but it is still tough to finance or refinance commercial real estate with conventional banks. Banks remain under the microscope of the FDIC and the regulations on banks are complex, ever changing, and overbearing for many smaller banks.

Until recently, “Extend and Pretend” was the unwritten policy of many ...

One factor helping to drive commercial building starts is the aging of America. As the Baby Boomer generation pushes the age demographic ever upward, more senior housing and nursing care facilities are needed. The result is an increase in construction starts for these two areas over last year, according to the Seniors Housing Construction Trends Report 2011.

According to David Schless, president of the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), it is an important ...

Bobbye Gene Rheudasil went to his Glory Monday morning, September 19, 2011.  Bob passed at home in Flower Mound, surrounded by loving family and friends. Bob was 80 years old.  He had recently celebrated the 50^th Anniversary of the incorporation of Flower Mound, where he served as first Mayor in three consecutive three-year terms beginning in 1961.  Bob had several miraculous recoveries from strokes, aneurisms, and other health issues ...

Lewisville is having a Development Tour focused on development opportunities in Old Town Lewisville this Thursday morning at 9 a.m.  The event is being hosted by the Old Town Business Association (OTBA) and the City of Lewisville.

The programs start art at the MCL Grand Theater with presentations by Mayor Dean Ueckert, OTBA Chair Amanda Ferguson, Economic Development Director Nika Reinecke, and DCTA Representative Dee Leggett.  Following the presentation ...

Since we built and stocked the Chicken Ranch, the coyotes have been coming around our house at night. The Chicken Ranch, while named for the famed brothel in LaGrange, Texas, is occupied by real chickens that lay eggs for us.

Our Chicken Ranch is actually a chicken coop on wheels that can be moved around the yard so the chickens can fertilize the lawn and flower beds, eat bugs, clean up weeds and ...

Not long ago, a commercial real estate investor told me that he was not interested in office building investments because the world is going virtual.  In essence, that everyone would be working from home, Starbucks, or wherever they happened to be with their mobile devices and that the conventional office building would become obsolete.

Certainly, smart phones, tablet computers, and laptops have changed our world forever.  Many are working from ...

Time Management, that is.  Wait, I know it’s boring, but hang with me.  Improvement here pays huge dividends.

None of us really manages time, just how we spend time.  Time is a gift and we should try to spend it wisely.  Even a small improvement here makes a huge difference in the bottom line of our businesses and, ultimately, the size of our paychecks.

If you do the math, we only ...

The better question is why not. Tenant brokers (representatives) almost always get paid by the Landlord and are effectively a free leasing specialist for the tenant.  Yet many small businesses go bare and DIY when negotiating one of the largest and longest term overhead expenses for their business.

Almost all commercial leases in larger metropolitan cities like Dallas have a tenant side representative.  As you move out to the suburbs and smaller towns, most leases have a landlord broker only.

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