May & June 2020

May/June 2020

HOME BUILDING A publication of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

MEMBER NEWS

Joe Robson: The Industry has seen it all

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NEW MEMBERS

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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LOCAL HOUSING STARTS

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

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#PROUDMEMBER

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SNAPSHOTS A Look into the Past

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

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NATIONAL NEWS

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MEMBER NEWS

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

By HBA President Mike Fournier

Greetings friends and family.

I’m still a long-long way from being fully recovered from my “Minutes from Heaven” experience; but thank you so much for your precious words of encouragement, prayers, and offers of support. They mean the world to me.

I’m going to defer the remainder of my space (and however much else he needs) to a man that we ALL know and love; Joe Robson. Thank you Joe for your assistance!

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HBA MANAGEMENT TEAM Jeffrey Smith Executive Vice President/ CEO jsmith@tulsahba.com Morgan Sikes Special Events Director msikes@tulsahba.com Hali McCoy Marketing and Public Relations Director hmccoy@tulsahba.com Stacey Bayles Director of Association Issues sbayles@tulsahba.com Pablo Perez Membership Director pablo@tulsahba.com Ross Newcomer Director of Membership Engagement rnewcomer@tulsahba.com Caleb Rice Mike Fretz Event Center Manager caleb@tulsahba.com

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By Executive Vice President/CEO Jeffrey Smith Three months ago, we were preparing for the Home and Garden Show and several other spring events that bring our members together and showcase the outstanding work they do in our community. If someone would have asked me about PPP, CDC, SBA, Zoom or ‘essential,’ I wouldn’t have had the first guess about what they meant. Now that the world has seen such a drastic shift, here I sit in the HBA office with no member faceto-face interaction, no product promotion, I’ve become a Zoom professional, and searching every other hour on what the next recommendations are from the CDC and how much funds are still remaining from the SBA in the PPP program.

I don’t know about you, but normal, even the “new normal,” can’t come soon enough.

The Tulsa HBA has existed for 78 years with a focus on member engagement, business connections, and product promotion. It is eerily quiet at our office when members aren’t coming and going for committee and council meetings and the staff is preparing for our next “big” event of the month. We are looking forward to still producing all of our previously scheduled 2020 events, just in a condensed calendar of 6 months.

The first of those events will be the General Membership Mixer on June 9th and the HBA Golf Tournament on June 25th. We will then role right in to the Parade of Homes in July, Appetite for Construction, Municipality Roundtable, and the newly added Tulsa Home and Outdoor Market in August, the Legacy Awards in September, Member Appreciation Night in October, the Evening of Giving and Home Remodeling Showcase in November, and our Annual Installation and Christmas Party in December. Hold on to your hat because it’s going to be a whirlwind of events from June to December.

With all of the activity we have planned to promote your business and allow you to make the connections you desire; it is important to note that the safety and health of all attendees is paramount. As we expect social distancing will be in place for some time, we will be setting up our meeting spaces to accommodate guests at least 6’ apart. We will also be setting up our meeting spaces with the appropriate technology to allow for virtual attendance at meetings. We will offer hand sanitizer and masks at several locations in our building and at off-site

events. Meeting rooms at the HBA building will be sanitized after each event and the entire building will be sanitized at night.

We will not require the use of masks or yell at you for breaking any CDC rules, but we do want every member to feel welcome and comfortable at events in which they attend.

As I told the HBA staff the day after the Home and Garden Show was closed… there is always light that comes from the darkness.

The HBA has been hard at work to make sure the construction industry maintains essential status, and now we have turned our focus to the promotion of our members and their products. I hope that we can all make it through this pause in the economy, we can all be better prepared for an event like this in the future, and we will all be more successful in coming months and years.

That’s the Scoop for now, Jeffrey Smith

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1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ¥ MAY

2020 Event Updates May 20th

Professional Women in Building

May 21st

40Below Council

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HBA Office Closed- Memorial Day

May 26th

Sales & Marketing Council

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Builders Council

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Associates Council

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President’s Reception

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LOCAL NEWS

HOME STARTS SHOW POSITIVE PEAK IN MARCH Tulsa-area housing starts for the first quarter were up 20.7 percent over last year and 10 percent above any month in the previous decade.

“I’ve spoken to builders for our starter homes, production builders all the way up to our high-end, custom builders, and they all seem to be doing really well, at least in the first three months,” said Jeffrey Smith, executive vice president and CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa.

“They all seem to be putting product on the ground, both in speculative form and customer form. They are really excited through the first quarter of the year.”

Area housing starts totaled 264 in March, a 13.3 percent jump from the same month a year ago, according to the HBA. Broken Arrow led with 79, followed by unincorporated Wagoner County with 32.

For the year, housing starts have numbered 832, compared to 689 this time last year. 2020’s quick start may offset any lull that comes with consumer concerns about the pandemic, aligning the area for another consistent year, Smith said.

Tulsa Area Housing Starts

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264/832 Bartlesville 2/7 Collinsville Skiatook 20/59 10/17 Owasso Claremore 12/23 Verdigris 5/15 2/10 Sand Springs Rogers Catoosa 4/22 County 4/7 Tulsa 13/61 18/64

Tulsa County Wagoner 12/47 Broken Arrow County Sapulpa 79/211 32/79 3/12 Jenks 13/69 Wagoner Coweta Kiefer 1/1 Glenpool Bixby 5/30 0/3 8/28 17/59 Okmulgee 0/2 Source: Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

Muskogee 4/6 Tulsa World

The market is hoping to build on 2019, when a total of 3,080 houses were constructed in the area, the most since 4,303 were erected in 2007, according to the HBA. “I do anticipate when we get into the June and July time frame that we might see a small decrease in our start average over previous years because that’s the lag time between when a customer is looking and the builder is actually to start on the house,” Smith said. “From what I’m hearing from our builders, they have their safety precautions in place.

“They aren’t having open houses to a certain degree, but they are allowing customers to come in on a onefamily-at-a-time basis. The individuals and families that are out looking at houses are very serious, so sales are still being produced, even in the last 30 days since the COVID-19 pandemic really blossomed in Tulsa.

“How long the economy drags out on a lower level until it starts up again, that could have an impact on housing starts in the third and fourth quarter of this year. I still anticipate in Tulsa that the market is going to be good.”

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

TULSA HBA MEMBERS MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE CARL NOVARA- FARMERS INSURANCE

With COVID-19 and all of the physical/social distancing we are doing, I do miss all of my friends at the HBA. I have been in many organizations in the past and I have to say the HBA has been the best to be involved with and I love the people I get to network and volunteer with every week! I’m all about “Community” which is one of the reason why I love being involved and to network with & help others. In my office we work with local schools to provide supplies to help teachers in the classroom.

Over the last 5 years my agency has given over $20K in grants and supplies to local classrooms. We also provide lunch to first responders as well. Since the physical schools shut down it’s been hard for us to meet with educators and their leadership to help and because of this we decided to shift our funds and focus to help some of our other local hero’s that on the front lines helping with this pandemic.

I partnered with a local restaurant Desi Wok, and in early April we went out to many hospitals and doctors office to provide healthcare professionals lunch. We did this in a safe and non contact manner to abide by local laws and standards. We appreciate all of our hero’s out there that are helping the sick and moving us towards a sense of normalcy for all of us to get back to our normal way of life.

I believe we are all better together and this pandemic shows that we as a community make great things happen when “together” happens. This is the same reason why I love being a part of the HBA and can’t wait for us to get back to our regular meetings, events, networking and doing what we do to make our Tulsa Community Better together!

NICOLE HOPKINS- BLASEM As soon as COVID-19 sat in, I began to see friends, family, and loved ones laid off from work. I didn’t have a new job to give them, but I did have boxes.

Blasem was built on the belief that we should always do for one what we wish we could do for everyone. For me, that looked like sending a box to people I learned who had last their jobs. I’ve been there before - jobless. I know the stress, anxiety and fear about what the future holds when you wake up and realize you aren’t sure where your next paycheck will come from.

Over the course of the past couple months, we’ve sent about 25 boxes to individuals in the Tulsa Metro who either reached out to us or were recommended to us as someone who could really use a gift box to brighten their day. I made a quick post on social media and the names began pouring in.

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Blasem Box is a small business, so we can’t send boxes to everyone who has unfortunately lost their jobs, but one by one, we’re doing what we can.

If you know an HBA member who has been laid off, feel free to personally email me their story and mailing address to nicole@blasembox.com and we’ll send them something sweet.

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HOW ARE YOU PROMOTING Take advantage of the credibility that comes with being a part of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa by identifying your business as a proud HBA member. Our new HBA Member Center,located in the HBA office, has all of your promotional needs! Come by to grab stickers, window clings and other promotional materials. Looking for something specific? Just ask!

The HBA team is on the lookout for businesses sporting the HBA Proud Member Logo.

Share how you are a #HBAProudMember by posting photos on the HBA Facebook page or by including #HBAProudMember in your tweets.

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SNAPSHOTS SNAPSHOTS A LOOK INTO WHERE WE’VE BEEN...

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VIRTUAL GMM: FT. OK SECRETARY OF COMMERCE SEAN KOUPLEN & NAHB CHIEF ECONOMIST DR. ROBERT DIETZ On Tuesday, May 12th, the Tulsa HBA held a Zoomcast General Member Mixer featuring Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce, Sean Kouplen and Chief Economist for the National Association of Home Builders, Dr. Robert Dietz.

Dr. Dietz provided a short overiew of the short, mid, and long-term economic outlook for the home building industry at the state and national level. While Secretary Kouplen was able to help boost our members confidence in assuring the Governer and State are working hard to provide guidance and reassurance about reopening.

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NATIONAL NEWS

USING DRONES IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION MAY BECOME MORE POPULAR “The bottom line is prospective home buyers could see the attractive new homes from the convenience of their smartphone,” Butler said. “It truly was a win-win for everyone.”

Of the more than 1.5 million drones registered in the United States, about one third are registered for commercial use, with home builders at the forefront of the technology’s use for things like aerial photographs for promotional materials, tracking progress during development of sites, and preliminary surveillance before starting a project.

Drone photography is not new but may be one tool that could see increased usage by builders for sales and More and more home builders are embracing marketing, showcasing an entire community and its technology to help keep their businesses running surroundings as well as individual homes. Drone images amid the current COVD-19 pandemic. Teleworking can also be used during surveying and acquisition of when possible, online closings and other services, and land. increased private showings were all cited in a recent NAHB survey of builders.

With prospective uyer traffic severely diminished in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, some home builders But other technologies, like the use of drones to have scaled back on advertising investments. But others make properties more accessible, have been helpful see that move as short-sighted and believe it could in recent years, and may become more widely used as result in more long-term challenges. NAHB held two the industry adapts due to stay at home orders, social recent webinars addressing the topic of how businesses distancing, and possible restricted movement even as and sales teams are adjusting their strategies. some state stay orders have lifted.

Tracy Butler, executive officer of the Illinois Home Builders & Remodelers Metro East Association was recently interviewed for Building Women magazine about her use of drones to spark interest in an event.

Butler used a local production company to create videos that included both aerial and interior footage. The drones were able to capture a 360-degree view of the exterior of a home and fly-ins showcased the interiors.

Butler and others noted that attendance had wavered at some events in recent years, leaving some builders unable to keep all their homes manned with sales agents during events like a Parade of Homes or her Dream Homes event. Drone footage videos can bring the homes directly to buyers via their computer or cell phones.

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MEMBER NEWS

JOE ROBSON- THE INDUSTRY HAS SEEN IT ALL What a strange time we live in. How can a bug from a bat in China shut down the world?

Everything is going great, then wham, the wheels fall off our cart. It begs a lot of questions like: How in the world did this happen?

How long will it last? Will I survive? What will the new normal look like?

These are the questions and thoughts on everyone’s minds.

Those of us in the Home Building industry tend to have a take charge, I can fix any problem if you just get out of my way personality. That is a wonderful trait until circumstances arise that are completely out of our control and there is nothing you can to do fix things.

That is when we become frustrated, anxious and feel powerless.

One benefit of being a Home Builder a long time is knowing that challenging times are always lurking around the next corner. Some events we can see coming. Others, like Covid-19, completely blindside us.

Those of us in the building industry are resilient and we have survived challenges in the past. In my own career I have survived the 80’s credit tightening with 17% mortgage rates, the Oil Bust, the S&L crisis and credit crunch, the .Com bubble bursting, 9-11 and the Great Recession. Those of us in the industry around for those crises, persevered by staying calm and knowing that the bad times will end and good times will return.

You get through the tough economic times with great communications with your customers, your suppliers, subs and most of all your bankers. You have to be flexible, innovative and willing to accept the new norm, whatever that may be. It’s also important to support the Home Builders Association, especially during a crisis. It is the Association on a Local, State and National level that brings the collective strength and influence of all of us to bear on decisions made about our industry.

I saw this first hand during my tenure on the National Association of Home Builders leadership team. During the boom before the financial meltdown, new home production topped 2 million units in 2007.

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It dropped to 400,000 units in 2009, the year I was Chairman. Even though we saw the problems looming, no one knew the depth of the slide we would endure.

Everyone was asking the same questions we are today: How did this happen? Will I survive? How long will it last?

What will the new normal be? Through the constant conversations with the new Obama administration, bank regulators, legislative leaders and the Federal Reserve, we were able to put together two stimulus packages in the same year, save the mortgage market and set the stage for a recovery. The Local and State Associations throughout the Federation did their part as well. It was hard. The recovery took longer than anyone wanted. A new norm was established in mortgage lending, construction loans and appraisals. But we not only survived, we flourished in the last few years.

Now we meet our next challenge, Covid-19. This is certainly an event no one saw coming. The frustrating part of this episode is that it not only affects the health of our business but it can literally be lethal to our physical health as well. Again, our Association has been on the forefront in keeping our industry alive.

Our leaders here in Tulsa and Oklahoma convinced our Mayors and Governor to designate home building an essential business. NAHB is working tirelessly to keep credit markets liquid and was successful in removing the exemption of home builders from the Payroll Protection Program.

When you are in the middle of a storm, it is hard to remember the sun is still shining. Going into this crisis, business was very good. That momentum should help us bridge the downturn on the short term. Long term, the world has to go back to work. President Trump announced his initial guidelines for restarting the economy. Governor Stitt has put a task force together to reopen the State. The Mayors of the area cities are convening working groups to plan for the rebooting of business. Reports of treatments of the virus are encouraging and it seems the number of cases has hit its peak. There are a few hints of sunshine.

MEMBER NEWS

I know we will get through this just like we have done in the past. People will always need homes and I can think of no other profession that brings more joy than providing the American Dream. In the meantime, if you are not too busy, take time to reconnect with family, reflect on priorities, and pray.

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PROUD PARTNERS Thank you to the following members for their support and generous contribution to the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa.

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Nathan Holloway - Movement Mortgage

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Carrie Deweese - Chinowth & Cohen Janet Holt- Chinowth & Cohen David Blackburn- Classe Homes Rodger Tucker - Cobblestone Homes, Inc.

John Madden - J. Madden Homes Samuel Castro - Jimmy Willis Insurance Company

Liz Mathis - OK Secured Title Kathryn Anderson - OK Secured Title Robert Hines - Overhead Door Company Laura Ransbottom - PF Unlimited Larry Wilson - Pro-Tech Roofing, Inc. Glenn Simms - Re-Bath of Tulsa Charla Nicklas - Renaissance, Inc. Clark Robinson - Robinson Glass Gentry Detter - Spectrum Paint Co. Justin Carlton - State Farm Insurance

Michelle Herrel - Jimmy Willis Insurance Company

Stephen Haney - Securian Advisors Mid America

Brent DeBoer - Dale & Lee’s Service, Inc.

Mena Grass - Jimmy Willis Insurance Company

Brandon Jackson - Tara Custom Homes, Inc.

Carl Gibson - Delineations,Inc

Howard Kelsey - Kelsey Company

A.J. Brentlinger - Dolese Bros. Co.

Lauri White - Titan Title Company

Kim Williams - KT Williams Insurance Group

Maegan Miner - Triad Bank

Greg Strange - Countertop Solutions

Billy Moore - East Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Ed McIntyre - EDS Financial

Andrea Canada - Langdon Publishing/ TulsaPeople

Brandon Massey - Elite Cabinets

Nahla Leeper - Mazzio’s Corporation

Matt Emmons - Emmons Construction

Belinda Tucker - McGraw Realtors

Johann Skaftason - Eurocraft

Bryan Casey - Metro Appliances and More

Carol Parker - Executives Title & Escrow Sally Perez - Exit Realty Connexx Nick Wofford - Firstar Bank Emily Machetta - Flat Branch Home Loans

Tarah Duncan - Metro Appliances and More Ann Howell - Metro Appliances and More

Jill Garcille - Freedom Insurance

Kevin Dycus - Metro Appliances and More

Mary Pearce - Frisco Title

Russ Ellis - Metro Appliances and More

Tom Dawson - Full Tilt Wraps

Toby Wisby - Metro Appliances and More

Peter Grant - Grant Homes Remodel & Restoration

Lynn Marchbank - Mid-Continent Group

Heather Simon - Guaranteed Rate

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Rob Miles - Milestone Homes, Inc.

Mike Fournier - The Sonrise Companies

Chris Truitt - TRUCO Development Bud Farris - Tulsa Fireplace Supply Matt Gragg - Tulsa Foam David Land - Tulsa Landscape Chris Meyer - Turner Roofing & Sheet Metal Keely Hutchinson - Two Men and a Truck Jerry Van Cleave - Vancrete Decorative Concrete Tana Van Cleave - Vancrete Decorative Concrete Robert Ward - Ward Management Services Tim Nall - We B Trees Jackson Whitacre - Whitacre Glass Works

The Spike Club recognizes members for their recruiting and retention efforts. To become a Spike, you must earn six Spike credits within two consecutive years, by bringing in new members and retaining current members. At each new Spike level, members receive awards. Spikes also enjoy benefits such as visibility among their peers leading to increased business contacts, invitations to special FREE events, celebrations and more.

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Monte Dunham 6-25 points 108.5 Weldon Bowman - 25.5 Mark Priess - 571 John Madden - 108.5 Francine Bandy - 526.5 David Sanders - 106.5 Greg Strange - 24 Connell Curran - 21 Burr Kannady - 330.5 Rita Boggs - 266.75 76-100 points Tom Watts - 20 Jeff Starkweather - 19 David Blackburn Melanie Haines - 100.5 256.75 Chad Potter - 19 Rodger Tucker - 94.5 Charles Gilmore Robbie Nees - 18.5 246.5 Shawn Linfoot - 93 Jim Lane - 17.5 Ken Klein - 246 Barry Helms - 87.25 Jane Day - 17.5 Wayne Farabough David Gibson - 81 Chris Hodges - 17.5 244 Greg Simmons - 80 Toni Rogers - 16.5 Frank Sawyer - 239 Ted Dubie - 80 Sara Dodson - 16.5 Brian Wiggs - 222 Kyle Bradley - 16.5 Howard Kelsey - 221.5 51-75 points Nikki Pauly - 16 Philip Rhees - 217.5 Rob Miles - 75 Cameron Walker - 15.5 Darrell Jenkins - 205.5 Steve Fulps - 72.5 Edward Kaplan - 15 Steve Murphy - 205 Lee Sherman - 70.5 Sue Weston - 14.5 John Brawley - 203 Chuck Ramsay - 70 Aaron Wiltshire - 13.75 Peter Grant - 68.25 151-200 points Brandon L. Jackson - Nicole Hopkins - 13 Sharon Baker - 13 Rex Alexander - 173 65 Allen Jenkins - 173 Zelda Garrison - 56.25 Stacye Beaver - 11.5 Mike Walker - 11 David Funk - 167.5 Janet Holt - 51.5 Don Conwell - 11 Mary Pearce - 154 Travis Butler - 10 Lana Nelson - 152 26-50 points Kevin Blackburn - 50.5 Keith Kunze - 10 Susan McKeon - 9.5 101-150 points Kurt Barron - 48.5 Mike Fretz - 146.5 Rick Liebman - 44.75 Marvin Krueger - 9 Reagan Eden - 9 Scott Wood - 145.5 Bret Green - 42 Jason Fisher - 8.5 Bill Butts - 146 Kyle Smalygo - 41.5 Kirk Murdoch - 8 Mike Fournier - 143 Scott Burnett - 38.5 Brad Dunlap - 8 Lora Phillips - 132.5 Briana Ross - 38.5 Cahn Wiggs - 7 Ed Schermerhorn Ken Saltink - 31 132 Kieth Hilligoss - 7 Vince Mims - 30.5 Tom Wenrick - 126 Craig Thurmond - 30 Charles Sanders - 6.5 Glenn Shaw - 125.5 Larry Cagle - 6.5 Tarah Duncan - 30 Glenn Shaw - 125.5 David Molony - 6.5 JD Harp - 28 Lindsay Perkins - 120.5 Gary Soderstrom - 27 Shawn Karnes - 6.5 Steve Wright - 115 Liz Mathis - 6.5 David Land - 27 Ryan Farabough - 113 Jim Rackleff - 6 Gretchen Casto Greg Grunewald - 6 111.75

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