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Is there any life goal more daunting than home ownership? It's the biggest purchase most people ever make, and that's if they're lucky enough to even find themselves in a financial position where it's possible.

From on-premise to cloud computing, things are shaking up in the world of hotel property management software. As new tech trends begin to revolutionize luxury and resort hotels, mobile capabilities are making it possible for hotel staff to manage their property’s operations while away from the front desk.

Build it, bill it, and keep your books in order. That’s the ideal situation for construction business owners--stay on top of new building jobs without having to get into the slog of bookkeeping.

There are a few ways to get ahead in the hotel management world. You could turn your hotel into an ecotourist's dream. You could get great hotel management software to help your facility run more efficiently. You could get a job at a higher-end hotel in a prime location.

You've been managing a hotel for a few years, and you feel like you've done a good job. Occupancy rates have been increasing steadily during your tenure, and customer ratings have gone from mediocre to five stars all around. People even smile at you as they check out, a far cry from the dark days a few years ago when you had to grab a baseball bat and take care of that rat problem yourself.

Who has time for books these days? Well, if you want to be successful, you should make time. The most successful people in any industry are voracious readers, and hotel management is no different.

400 million people. Think about that for a second. That’s more than the population of the United States, more than all of the views on the famed YouTube video, “Evolution of Dance.” It even takes less than 400 million people standing on one another's shoulder to reach the moon.

If you've been doing building design the old-fashioned way, all that paper piling up, and the intense work that it takes to prepare it, may have you longing for a better way.

It will only be a matter of time before your construction business (no matter how small) will start using building information modeling, otherwise known as BIM.