Mike, Bob and SMA Team,

The first home building conference I ever attended was memorable for one reason: Steve Maltzman. Alone, I traveled to Atlanta to IBS in 2001 and in a large, standing room only ballroom, I witnessed a man with more enthusiasm for home building than I knew existed. Within a few years, this great man, Steve Maltzman, was working closely with our company and making a real difference in my life and our company. I will forever treasure the memories of meetings, calls and his help – but will always remember taking him skiing in Utah. He as not a great skier, but he was sure fun to hang-out with. He rolled down more than one hill.

Our industry will never be the same. Builder 20 Clubs will never be the same. My company will never be the same, and I will always remember with great affection my good friend Steve Maltzman. Our monthly calls will be greatly missed big guy!!

Brad Wilson

Destination Homes

Dear Mike and Bob

I am socked and saddened to hear that our dear friend, business guru and a mentor Steve Maltzman has passed away at such young age. He will be greatly missed by his family, his dear friends, business friends and the building industry he loved so much. He was the icon of the homebuilding financing and business management. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and his partners and all the members of SMA. He was a great guy and we will miss him.

Our thoughts and prayers go out his wife and his family and his friends.

With sadden heart,

Darshan

Bob,

I struggle to find the words to describe how deeply saddened I am to here this tragic news. Steve was a very special person, a trusted advisor, and above all a good friend.

My family and I will keep Steve’s family and his extended SMA family in our prayers. Please pass my deepest sympathy to his family and to everyone at SMA.

Sincerely,

Mark Braunsdorf

Bob: What a shock! Of all people who demonstrated vitality, energy and a positive attitude this seems inconceivable. I suppose as we get older we see that life is not taken for granted, and it’s not in our hands, except to live it to the fullest and for God’s purpose. My condolences to Steve’s family and to all of you that consider him family.

I will remember Steve for his friendship, his encouragement when getting my consulting business going, his organizational ability and commitment to Business Management, and to his generous and giving spirit. Hope we all can reach to emulate some measure of that. Would you please forward this on as appropriate?

Gad, he’ll be missed!!

Bill Allen

Please accept my sincere condolences for both Steve’s family and to all my SMA friends.

My first intro to Steve was at an HBI workshop in Scottsdale AZ in Nov., 1988. This workshop started my educational quest in or industry. (The two other presenters were Frank Newton and Mark Lords).

Harvey Tucker

Bob,

I am lost for words. My heart weeps for the loss of a true friend. Ralph and I have grown so fond of Steve. He knew us so well and we could all be so honest with each other. We loved him!

Life is so unpredictable.....

My prayers will be with his family and his SMA family.

What a big loss. I'll be in touch. I would love to send a note to his family.

Linda Huff

I had the life enhancing opportunity to know Steve Maltzman. Steve and scant few others have held a cherished and trusted role to help builders solidify their businesses in various ways. Steve, Alan Hanbury, and I toured Michigan, for then Wickes Lumber, with a business management series holding audiences at each stop rapt with information. Steve's expertise was evident and his genuine goodness in sharing information and mentoring entrepreneurs at every stop was a joy to witness. He was a business and personal anchor securing those adrift and guiding them to stability. Steve Maltsman was one of a kind. His passing is a tremendous loss for the home building industry. I am delighted his work will continue with loyal staff. His books will be a benchmark of planning and executing excellence forever.

Bill Asdal

I counted Steve as a friend. We had worked together many years ago in the Remodelers Business Management Committee. The issue of a standardized chart of accounts came up in the committee and Steve volunteered to take the point on a task force group to develop the chart of accounts. I volunteered to work with Steve and that was my first meeting and interaction with him. We developed a friendship while performing that project. Steve was a very intelligent professional that was able to take his knowledge of the accounting industry and merge it with the experience side of the remodeling industry which he gained from his friendships with remodeling contractors. He had a deep commitment to help Remodelers improve their businesses through the use of systemized business practices and the implementation of technology. There are uncountable numbers of people and businesses that are reaping the benefits of Steve Maltzman’s efforts over the years to improve our industry. I will miss his smiling face at future meetings. Our industry has lost a friend that always tried to make a difference in our community.

Michael Turner

Bob, Mike, Phil and the entire SMA family,

I still remember the e-mail that I received from Mike on Sunday evening saying that Steve had passed Friday. I said to myself “this cannot be true as I just spoke with him on Thursday and had e-mail correspondence with him on Friday” I actually had a conference call set up with him for the following Monday night. I could not believe it I felt a “pit” in my stomach every time I read the e-mail.

I had the privilege of working with Steve about 8 years ago and no matter when I saw him be it at the IBS shows or other trade shows he would always have a big smile and “hello” to me. He was never too busy to spend a moment or two with me and, I always remembered that about him. Here was a person very well established and known in our industry but, was as approachable as anyone you could want to meet.

Recently, I just got backing working with SMA and specifically with Steve helping me retool all of my QB’s, Budgets and anything else that my company needed…which by the way was a lot. I truly felt very comfortable and trusted Steve 100% on all of my business matters. No matter how insignificant or how many times I may have asked the same question Steve, would never get irritated and just explain it again. There was always a certain calmness after I spoke with Steve, that I will truly miss.

To his family, his colleagues’ my deepest sympathy and condolences for a truly special person that I am grateful that I had the opportunity in which to work with.

Sincerely,

Russ

It saddens me deeply to hear of Steve's passing. Steve is truly one of the great men of our industry and our time! His tireless efforts for builders; both young and old, have proven valuable to all that he touched. He will truly be missed by all and his legacy will remain forever in our industry. Steve was a good friend and will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve and his family and love ones!

Mark & Diane Tipton

Remembering Steve

My thoughts and prayers go out to Sheri, Sara and Dani. Through the years Steve shared his loving thoughts and feelings about them.

Steve and I shared office space and expenses, a few clients, and an employee in the early days of our respective independent, professional careers. It was lean, but it was a good and less complicated time. I can’t think of anyone better to have shared that time with than Steve. I still laugh every time I remember Steve telling me that he or the staff was going to go through an accounting project “with a fine tooth comb” and “deliver it on a silver platter”. He cared and it showed.

We had just started a project on our common client and it will not be possible to finish without thinking about Steve. But, those thoughts now and in the future will always be good ones.

Sincerely,

Ed Weaver

To All:

Please accept our sincere sympathy on your loss. Steve was truly irreplaceable and will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends, colleagues and family.

Sincerely,

Greg Rosene and Staff

Rosene Classics Inc

CFMA heard of the news regarding Steve’s passing and wanted to know if there was a charity or other vehicle to express our sincere condolences. Steve was a member of CFMA for a number of years and I had the pleasure of working with him on a number of occasions, specifically we partnered together to develop CFMA’s first IT Survey in 1996 when we served as co-chairs on the CFMA IT Committee.

Brian Summers

COO | CFMA

Steve Maltzman was a trusted and valued advisor since we first met in 1994, through the National Association of Home Builders

Over these past fifteen years, we have noted a marked improvement in the profitability of our companies, which we attribute to Steve. He was of great assistance in revamping and improving our job cost accounting, developed a more comprehensive budgeting process, and continually challenged our costs and mark up, which have led to our increased profitability.

We referred Steve to other small and medium sized builders and received many similar comments of the enormous help he was to them.

Steve, however, was more than a trusted and valued business advisor, for he became a dear friend. The entire Glunt family mourns his loss but knows it has been truly blessed that Steve Maltzman was part of our lives for the past fifteen years.

Steve Maltzman truly “made a difference.”

J Roger Glunt, President

Glunt Development Co., Inc.

Bob, Mike, and the SMA Team-

I would like to add my condolences to you, your team, and Steve’s family. He will truly be missed. My first involvement with NAHB on the national level was on a committee where Steve was the chairman. He set a great standard for getting membership involvement and commitment to getting things done – not just talking about it. His capacity and energy for helping everyone will be missed.

John Barrows

All- Our prayers have been with you over the last month. Steve has been not only a great consultant to us, but more importantly our wonderful friend. We did a company meeting with him via phone every Tuesday for the past 7 years. In all of the meetings he never said you need to do this or that- it was always WE. He was part of our team and family.

He came to Oklahoma every year for our Strategic Planning and led us to make ourselves better. I insisted he stay at my home whenever he came because he felt like part of our family. We would go to concerts, sporting events and have great times in the evenings and be ready to work hard in the morning.

Steve and I would set out on the deck enjoying a fine glass of wine and talk about our families. He loved his beautiful wife and 2 girls more than they will ever know. They were always his favorite subject.

We will all miss our good friend Steve. We need to honor him by never giving up through these tough times. He was always positive and could convince us that we could all be better.

We will see Steve again in Heaven.

Caleb McCaleb
McCaleb Homes