Hey Yewdall, I DID MY PART when I traded in my Escalade for a Lexus SUV hybrid for the commute downtown. I didn't HAVE to spend the extra money BUT I DID because it was the right thing to do. Now get off my back and let me enjoy my lifestyle.
> Uuugh. Forgot about property flipping. But now that you mention it, > they are ripping down 2,000 sq foot $800k houses in Boulder, just for > the lot. Ack. Our society is nuts. > > This is one reason my town hasn't made too much effort to clean up the > piles of abandoned cars along the road and in everyone's yard.... it > keeps the property values under control and the yuppies out. :) > > Z > > On 6/15/07, Chip Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Zeke Yewdall wrote: >> > Ah, but I think you may be including a non-monetary benefit... >> > remember, for renewable energy or energy efficiency stuff, you can >> > only include the strict monetary benefits when calculating payback. >> >> Nope, I'm talking property flipping. >> >> The sad but incontrovertible truth is, the larger >> the house, the greater the increase in resale value. >> >> Tracking housing costs since the building boom began >> in the early 50s, houses of 10,000 sf, (yes, that's >> correct, ten thousand square feet) have shown the >> highest rate of return in investment over time. >> 5,000 less so, but still quite solid, 2,500 are >> decent investments, and 1,200 or less are only valuable >> for their lots. Fact. ugly but true. >> >> Boutique appliances, countertops and trophy >> stoves (that will never be used) are pretty >> much a requirement for flipping the property. >> >> This is why the cheaper interest rates are available for >> these purchases, because that money yields the highest >> return over similar type goods. >> >> This trend has been solid, with only a few hiccups for >> nigh on 60 years, and there is nothing to indicate there >> will a change anytime soon. >> >> Wonder why all this farm land in the Mid Atlantic >> region of the US (some of the best and most fertile >> farm land in the world) is all being converted to tract >> mansions? Because that is the sweet spot for investment. >> 5k+ sq ft houses garner the lowest interest rates and >> have the highest resale. No farm can compete with that, >> in this 'free market' economy. (I'd like to actually >> see a genuine free market economy someday, I keep >> hearing about it). >> >> I work in Loundon County Va, USA. Loundon Co is *the* >> textbook example of the worst land managment planning >> there is. Even the the union of concerned scientists >> used Loundon Co as their only negative example in the >> publication The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices. >> >> Be that as it may, it's nearly impossible to loose money >> in this real estate market. Unless, you try to protect >> and preserve what little arable land is left. >> >> Mike Weaver lives in this region, and the neighbors of >> whom he speaks are everywhere. You'd have to see it. >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >> messages): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> > > > -- > Zeke Yewdall > Chief Electrical Engineer > Sunflower Solar, A NewPoint Energy Company > Cell: 720.352.2508 > Office: 303.459.0177 > FAX documents to: 720.269.1240 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.cosunflower.com > > CoSEIA Certified > Certified BP Solar Installer > National Association of Home Builders > > Quotable Quote > > "In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, > in the dead of winter, war spreading, > families dying, the world in danger, > I walk the rocky hillside > sowing clover." > > Wendell Berry > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
