Emma Jane Wildermuth

Be the Builder of Choice

Business EN ↓ 39 episodes

This podcast will give you tips to becoming a builder of choice to your trade partners, customers and your employees. We will discuss topics from management philosopies to how to maintain strong relationships with your trades. These concepts will not only help you become a better builder but also become more profitable.

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Author

Emma Jane Wildermuth

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.builderpartnerships.com

Latest episode

Sep 30, 2026

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Episodes

Builders’ Show Recap: IBS 2024 Tips and Takeaways 08.03.2024

Presentation with Emma Jane Wildermuth, Ed Hauck and our guests: Monica Wheaton, NAHB Woman of the Year, ECI, Joshua McMahon, Bramante Homes, and Josh Pomerleau, JP Brooks. Are you curious what happened at the Builder Show this year? Join us as we hear from various perspective what was learned this year and how you can plan for making next year even better. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to he...

Leading Ladies - The Pioneers of Home Building 14.02.2024

Join Emma Jane Wildermuth on February 14, to hear from women who have impacted the home building industry over the years. Carol Smith, Lita Dirks, and Emma Shinn will share their journey and tips on becoming a Builder of Choice by cultivating relationships with customers, trades, employees and create efficient and effective management systems. Be sure to subscribe to the Builder Partnerships newsl...

Designing an Efficient Home your Buyers will LOVE! 08.02.2024

Evaluating the design of your homes is essential to continue building homes that your buyers love and that accommodate their budgets. Performance engineering is important for maintaining good margins. As a Builder of Choice, you want to maintain a high level of quality for your market. We will discuss the importance of knowing how to build the right product for your market and buyer. Join Emma Jan...

Fireside Chat with Chuck Shinn 04.01.2024

Join us for a Podcast style presentation followed by a Q&A session with our founder Chuck Shinn as he shares some of the history of homebuilding and the importance of focusing on becoming a builder of choice. Chuck will share stories of the journey he and Emma have taken in homebuilding and success stories of builders they worked with along the way

Proven Financial Strategies to Attract Home Buyers 01.12.2023

In this episode, we will discuss strategies to help make financing easier for your home buyers. You will learn to about valuable tools you can use to create a frictionless buying process that will help ease the financial process of buying a home.  Our panel will also give you tips to know when and how to use financial tools such as forward commitments and construction to perm financing and how the...

Designing Beautiful Homes with Your Customer's Budget in Mind 17.11.2023

We discuss strategies to build a beautiful home that your customers will love and can afford. Knowing what your customers truly want is essential for selling homes. With today's market you need to build value and "right price" your homes for your buyers without losing your margins. Join us as we talk about ideas to "right price" your homes and still have your buyers fall in...

The Power of Checklists 18.10.2023

Join us for a Podcast style presentation followed by a Q&A session with our senior consultant Ed Hauck and guests Jeremy Knicely from StyleCraft Homes VA and Ed Caldeira from FTQ360. Ed and our guests will discuss the power of using checklists throughout your build process to ensure better relationships and improve quality. Be sure to subscribe to the Builder Partnerships newsletter from our w...

Reliable Schedules = Superior Cash Flow 04.10.2023

Jim & Ed will discuss the relationship your schedules have on your cash flow. Being disciplined with efficient schedules will lead to more predictable cash flow, allowing you to make better decsions for your organization. Superior cash flow gives you the power to finance your business easier. Be sure to subscribe to the Builder Partnerships newsletter from our website for industry insight and...

Working with Existing and New Trade Partners to Right Size Costs 21.09.2023

Senior consultant Ed Hauck and guest Keith Schneider from Sierra Data Systems. Ed and Keith will discuss the issues of price escalation and lack of cost reduction. How do builders and trade partners work together to right size cost so everyone wins.

Understand WHY you want to be a Builder of Choice 30.08.2023

Emma Jane Wildermuth and Ed Hauck disucss why you want to become a builder of choice. What is in it for you , the builder, when you incorporate a Builder of Choice Strategy. When you are the Builder of Choice in your market, you will attract the best trades, the best suppliers, and the best manufacturers.  When these parts all come together, the team will work together to get the best schedules, b...

Transforming your Home Building Business - 3 Tips to Improve Profitability Today 27.07.2023

Originally presented as a webinar for in July. Jim Weigel shares how to manage People, Processes, and Product to make an impact on your overall profitability. He has 3 valuable tips to transform your business for profitable today with 3 commonly overlooked tools that are simple enough to apply right now.

Performance Excellence Powered By Data & Reporting. A Conversation with SKUWorld and Davis Homes 19.04.2023

Presented by Bryan Smith & Don Chesney Join us for a short presentation followed by a conversation with SKUWorld and Davis Homes on using accurate data to drive excellence in a home building company. Davis Homes has partnered with SKUWorld to help streamline data and create valuable reports that help make decision making more effective.

Purchasing Best Practices 22.03.2023

Originally recorded as Webinar Wednesday. Kim discusses how builders can incorporate new systems to improve the performance in Purchasing from updating Scopes of Work to Managing Resourses to Managing Variances to Onboarding Trade Partners. Be sure to take notes so you can implement improvements today.

Designing Homes to Beat High Interest Rates 01.03.2023

Originally presented as a webinar, Ed talks about strategies to design a home to keep costs down giving you, the builder, an opportunity to price to the market.

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