Jerry Rombach Quotes (5 Quotes)

I think that Illinois continues to serve and likely will continue to serve as a bedroom community for the Missouri job market.

It's clear that Columbia doesn't want to grow. In the end, the council wouldn't listen to a vast majority of their residents and businesses.

Housing in general is a much better value in Illinois than it is in Missouri. Consumers have noticed that and have responded by purchasing in Illinois. Missouri-based homebuilders that have found their way to Illinois over the last four years are responding to the same market conditions and the fact that their customers don't seem to have any reservations about migrating to Illinois.

Large-volume 'tract' builders will typically develop the ground -- streets, utilities, publicopen spaces -- and build two or three display homes from which they will sell to buyers. Most of these also will do 'semi-custom' homes, where a buyer may generously modify or upgrade one of the offered models. These builders may build 'speculative' homes, hoping someone will like the house and land and buy it.

Active referrals, proof of insurance, years in business, number of employees, quality of subcontractors used -- all these are legitimate questions.