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American author, home builder, and construction loan consultant

Carl Heldmann (born 1942) is an American author, home builder, and construction loan consultant.

Personal life and his work

Heldmann has been a home builder for over 30 years and a construction loan consultant to credit unions for 20 years. He is also the founder of two schools of homebuilding, a former newspaper housing columnist, and author of several books on building your own home whose aggregate sales are more than ½ million copies. His book, Be Your Own General Contractor, has been in print for 25 years. The 5th edition was published in 2006. As of 2007, it had sold 300,000 copies.

In April 2008, in response to the mortgage crisis, he was quoted as saying "In terms of finding land you want at a good price, this is the best market that I have seen in my 30 years of home building," in Money Magazine.

The key element to Heldmann's written work, in both his books and his website is estimating costs in home construction. He breaks down the selling price or market value of a house as follows: 25% material, 25% labor, 25% land cost, 12.5% builder profit, & 12.5% builder overhead.

Published works

  • Be Your Own House Contractor (2006)
  • How to Afford Your Own Log Home, 5th: Save 25 Percent without Lifting a Log (2002)
  • Learn To Be A General Contractor : Build Your Dream House Or Do A Renovation (1998)
  • Manage Your Own Home Renovation/How to Save 30% Without Lifting a Finger (1987)

References

  1. "Amazon.com".
  2. Morell, John (December 30, 2007). "For those who love to D.I.Y." Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Home Book". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 22 July 2006.
  4. Kelly, Caitlin (22 February 2007). "Lesson One: The Price the Contractor Quotes Is an Estimate". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. Money Magazine - Build Your Dream House Now
  6. Build Your Own House,
  7. Carl Heldmann (2006). "Cost Estimating". Be Your Own House Contractor. ISBN 1-58017-840-5.
  8. Burns, Robert (9 July 2006). "Want to be your own contractor? First read this (book review)". Orlando Sentinel.
  9. Daniels, Meredith (18 August 2006). "Want to be your own contractor? First read this (book review)". Newsday.
  10. "LOOK FOR LOTS WITH TREES (review of 4th edition)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Scripps Howard. 13 January 2002.
  11. Romano, Carlin (1 September 1985). "For every undertaking, a how-to volume". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. L2. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  12. Lang, Andy (16 April 1987). "Architect is good investment when remodeling a home". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. p. 16. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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