<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Same story here in Vermont. One of my customers (PV and SHW) decided to sell after his wife died of cancer. Needed a new start, new place. He listed his house at the going price + cost of systems plus $25,000, planning on it taking awhile to sell. It sold in 3 weeks! A young couple bought it because they wanted solar and liked the idea of not having to go to all the trouble to get it installed. One mortgage payment... all done. </FONT><br>
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To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
Sent: Wed, Mar 23, 2011 1:24 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Value of PV system to a home<br>
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<div>Aah, the persistent and what I find irritating issue of solar and economic value. Simply and as calmly put as I am able, money isn’t the issue, because a simple arithmetic calculation of costs just doesn’t capture the relevant factors. Just like a car, TV, cell phone, couch, or whatever, the real payback is in having something that does something for you, not recouping the costs. Also, it's the Environment ... !</div>
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<div>Sadly, I know this is an extreme view so please don't bombard me with arguments I have heard add <SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>nauseam</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> for the last 30 years.</div>
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<div>We did have a client who installed a 3kW and solar water heating system and two year into ownership had to sell his house due a job relocation. In our area, Portland Oregon, the average time a house takes to sell is 5 months. His sold in a month, at above market rate with folks courting him for the sale. <SPAN>Whoooo</SPAN> Da... Go Solar!</div>
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--- On <B>Wed, 3/23/11, Bob-O Schultze <I><<A href="mailto:bob-o@electronconnection.com">bob-o@electronconnection.com</A>></I></B> wrote:<br>
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From: Bob-O Schultze <<A href="mailto:bob-o@electronconnection.com">bob-o@electronconnection.com</A>><br>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Value of PV system to a home<br>
To: "RE-wrenches" <<A href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>><br>
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 9:41 AM<br>
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<div class=plainMail>Regardless of the valuation placed on a PV or SHW system, a "green" real estate broker I know tells me that in the current market, having either or both of those on a home significantly increases the chance of the home actually selling rather than sitting on the market forever.<br>
It's hard to imagine that anyone really wants to sell their home into this market, but for those folks who must for whatever reasons, that's a big deal.<br>
Bob-O<br>
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