Actually 2 years - but the ashtray was full and power carpet wasn't working.
> LOL. I bet your Escalade was 3 years old, and you didn't want to be > seen in that old a car anyway. But, I applaud getting the Lexus > instead of just a newer Escalade. :) > > On 6/15/07, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > 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/
