Overall, accounts receivable days for the residential building construction industry (NAICS code 2361) were an average of 21.6 days in 2011, compared with 15.8 days in 2010, Sageworks found.
The right Class B or C building--despite its shoddier construction and pedestrian ZIP code--can work just fine, even after factoring in costs to upgrade the space, says Maura Cochran, principal at Hartford, Conn.
Security flaws in commercial software and hardware were popular topics at camp workshops, which included discussions on "Biometric Insecurity" and the construction of Windows NT Shell Code for Buffer Overflow Exploits.