ideabox teamed up with IKEA and created an energy-efficient, ready-to-go prefab house called the aktiv. If you’ve ever visited an IKEA showroom, they normally display examples of living environments. This aktiv prefab is exactly that – complete living environments in one prefab house.

Opening your own enterprise evokes a battle between exigency and excitement. Watching your business ideas be born into reality is a proud, but nerve-wracking experience, which can make legalities and formal matters seem complex.

I’m constantly researching little house plans and have come across quite a few that I absolutely love. Of course narrowing down my choices to just one will be the fun part. However, trying to estimate how much it would cost to build a particular house plan is tricky from a consumer’s viewpoint.

Mortgage interest rates are at historic lows and home values dropped – Isn’t it a great time to buy a house? Well, to be honest with you, my wife and I have been dreaming of buying a house for a long time.

Reading the business section of any newspaper is depressing to say the least; stocks continue on a roller-coaster ride, much of Europe is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, student loan defaults are up, and a drought grips much of the mid-west. I can’t help but be an optimist when I think, is self-employment the answer to our troubled economy?