I’m pretty excited about this technology, as my first job 30 years ago was soldering LED bulbs onto printed circuit boards. LED bulbs have the promise of cutting electrical use more than any other technology including hybrid cars. If we all replaced our bulbs now we could keep driving SUVs…
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Category Archives: Second Homes
LED lighting Saves $
March 19, 2010 – 5:27 am
Second Home Realtors: Take Note, Green Opportunities
March 7, 2010 – 5:57 pm
I’ve been writing a lot about environmental issues lately. I can’t help but to see green as more important in Second Home destinations, as what we love about these locales is often the nature. So second home locations are on the environment cutting edge in many ways.
If you are a professional Realtor serving the second […]
Right time to buy a Second Home? Rental Potential.
March 2, 2010 – 4:35 am
This is the question everyone seems to be asking: “Is this the right time to buy a second home?” The message depends less on your circumstances and more on your market. Has the market in the area you wish to buy fallen by more than 25%? Could you rent your dream cottage for more than […]
The Extend & Pretend Conference: IMN Distressed Real Estate
February 27, 2010 – 3:16 pm
No it isn’t some conference of sex coaching, it was a group of bankers (including Fannie Mae) and real estate investors who gathered this week in Miami for the IMN Distressed Real Estate Conference, and frankly, it was a little depressing.
The debate seemed to revolve around lender’s decisions to ‘extend loans and pretend that the […]
HOA before EGO
February 14, 2010 – 5:15 pm
I spent the weekend in N. Michigan at our condo hotel, in between skiing, I caught up on a flurry of nasty-gram letters between the hotel management company and the new HOA board President, and assorted angry, emotionally charged condo consumer owners.
I’m reminded of the saying: “in tough times you should pull together instead of […]
