http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/03/22/looking-for-the-sun/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=looking-for-the-sun You'll only need the edge! ! ! Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/03/22/looking-for-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Malcolm Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:18:59 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=562#comment-198 I should note that mschmidt's registration credentials ID him as being a SunPower employee of some kind. I should note that mschmidt’s registration credentials ID him as being a SunPower employee of some kind.

]]> http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/03/22/looking-for-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Malcolm Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:12:47 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=562#comment-197 @mschmidt, I am not interested in financing the system because I think that within a year or two I will be able to pay for it outright. Since financing would ask me to pay a third party a percentage of the total cost for several years, that interest would impact my bottom line and probably also impact my ability to get other financial assistance if need be for my next car or some other large property/asset. It is additionally, for me/my household an investment. It is not clear to me whether we'll stay long enough in this house to recoup the investment, but it might contribute to resale value. I don't know what your experience has been like, but mine with renovations has been that you don't get nearly as much back out in the form of sales revenue as you put into a house in the form of renovation investment. @mschmidt, I am not interested in financing the system because I think that within a year or two I will be able to pay for it outright. Since financing would ask me to pay a third party a percentage of the total cost for several years, that interest would impact my bottom line and probably also impact my ability to get other financial assistance if need be for my next car or some other large property/asset.
It is additionally, for me/my household an investment. It is not clear to me whether we’ll stay long enough in this house to recoup the investment, but it might contribute to resale value.
I don’t know what your experience has been like, but mine with renovations has been that you don’t get nearly as much back out in the form of sales revenue as you put into a house in the form of renovation investment.

]]> http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/03/22/looking-for-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-196 mschmidt Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:51:56 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=562#comment-196 Why WOULDN'T you finance the system? When you sign up with the utility, they don't ask you to pre-pay the next 25 years of bills. You shouldn't pre-pay for your solar power either. Financing a solar system is the logical thing to do, unless you are considering the system as an alternative to a traditional investment, like the stock market or bank CD. Why WOULDN’T you finance the system?
When you sign up with the utility, they don’t ask you to pre-pay the next 25 years of bills. You shouldn’t pre-pay for your solar power either.
Financing a solar system is the logical thing to do, unless you are considering the system as an alternative to a traditional investment, like the stock market or bank CD.

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