It's good news.

What this means is that no traditional mortgage company will finance the home as the 2nd lien holder so if you plan on refinancing or selling the home, you have to pay off the "program" to be able to do so.(3) Some of these "programs" have penalties attached for early pay off or transfer of loan to another.(4)  The interest rates on these "programs" for these loans are high as many of them do not use credit scores to qualify people seeking the loans.Finally, there was a recent news article in my local paper about the "HERO" program [one of the green programs] which warned about using the program for these very reasons:**Beth Mills, a spokeswoman for California Banking Association, said in a telephone interview that any program that makes homes more energy-efficient is valuable, but the financing structure is problematic.

With the US elections and the global financial troubles in the news lately, it seems risky to go all in on this venture.

Usually, you only hear that bad stories about contractors ripping people off on the news.....not the ones who show up, work hard, and do a nice job.  

The good news is we have a top 10 rental market in the country and they are expected to rise consistently.

I was just reading some more news about Haus the other day and was talking about it with other brokers and no one seems to think it will take off much more than the others that have tried.

The good news is that you don't have to all at once.

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Good news is that vacancy rates are usually pretty stable with recessions being good for investors as vacancy rates decrease.