I see it every week).Quickly on the long term financial viability of solar: as has been mentioned there are many factors to consider:Net meteringTax creditsPanel and system degradationSoilingSnowWeather patterns (rain and clouds)Daily solar radiation (how much sunlight is there really during the day)Shading (current and future like trees that are growing)Rate hikes from utility companies (in Utah this is around 4% per year, averaged)Power disruptions (outages, maintenance, etc)System maintenance costs (cleaning, repairing and replacing components)If you take out a loan, interest costsAnd there are more....In real estate there are plenty of people willing to sell you a house and not disclose the issues if you don't think to ask or inspect.

Some syndications use  a cash out refi to get them to their projected 15-20% IRR, which I find to be very aggressive, as a lot of things can change to disrupt that strategy. 

Do BRRRR strategy from bigger pockets.I have learned in life in disruption.

Netflix can fail, Facebook can be disrupted.

Our business model features 4 key disruptive elements:1) Agent ownership - we provide our agents w/ stock grants in EXPI, which was up ~400% Y/Y last I checked2) Revolutionary lead generation tools Kunversion and Commissions Inc., which would be prohibitively expensive to purchase independently3) cloud-based, virtual reality campus that offers ~30 hours of training per week4) Lucrative revenue sharing plan that offers a realistic exit plan from the business within 3-5 years.We nearly tripled our agent count last year, and are creating wealth and passive income for our agents that's unprecedented in the industry.  

Hmm cheap money and a tech based algorithm and a failed attempt to disrupt an entrenched business model.

We feel like, as tough a negotiation as it was, this in the end is a fair resolution and a win-win for everybody and we needn't lose sleep at night knowing we kicked out a nice well-meaning Lady in the middle of winter (which would surely have very badly disrupted her whole life & business).

As technology continues to evolve for improved electric motors and storage, the combustion engine will eventually become obsolete and there will be significant disruption in the automotive industry.

There's no REASON (i.e. aside from cronyism, and GREED) that a similar business model can't be developed... and I indeed have that "plan..." if anyone reading this thread is potentially interested in "investing" in the next "disruptive" industry start- up(s) that actually BENEFIT the seller, buyer and us.

That is scary when you think that this idea will keep us at war for most of our lifetimes, but I guess thats OK since we dont have to fight it here, it can disrupt other peoples lives.