The financial score card, or measurement of an owner's or a company's success, is based on managing your finances effectively.  This course provides you with the basics of financial planning, budgeting, construction business accounting, job cost systems, and financing options that will enable you to track and analyze cost of goods, overhead, and individual job costs as well as communicate about them effectively.  Topics include accounting terminology, a chart of accounts, types of records and reports to be maintained, and loan products that can provide financing alternatives.
 

This course provides six hours of continuing education credits for these NAHB designations:  CAPS, CGA, CGB, CGP, CGR, CMP, CSP, GMB, GMR, Master CGP, Master CSP and MIRM.

Instructor: Tag Gilkeson, CGB, GMB, CGR, CGP, MCGP, CAPS, CGA, CSP, MCSP, CMP, MIRM 
 
Tag Gilkeson has been in the Real Estate and construction industry for over 23 years.  He has focused on increasing his skills through education for the last two decades. This has culminated with him having completed three college degrees which include two within this industry. He has one for Construction Management and another one in Drafting and Design.  His learning didn’t just stop there, he attained more certification through the NAHB than anyone in the entire country, 11 in total.
 
Tag, along with his residential Design Firm, have been recognized both locally and nationally. In 2018 his company, Tag & Associates, LLC, was awarded the “Best Curb Appeal in the 1 Million to 1.5 Million Dollar” category by the Dallas Builders Association ARC Awards. He now designs homes in all price ranges & locations and various square footages with his largest exceeding 15,000 square feet.