The emergence of money substitutes, such as NOW accounts and money market funds, has added its own muddiness to the picture of how growth in the money supply translates into growth in the level of consumer prices.

That is the "wise" thing to do.In theory yes.But imagine this.I get about 8 leads every monday, 6 on tuesday , if I get lucky, 3 on wednesday, 5 on thursday 1 on friday, weekends I rarely get leads.This translates to about 20 to 30 leads a week.There is no way I can handle this many leads (unless I scale up and employ people and make this a really serious business, which I will, just not now).So why would I fork over 3K a month, and spending time and effort designing th emailers, sending the mailers tracking the mailers, monitoring which mailers work and which don't, skip tracing returned addresses, keep track which recipients need to be sent a second mailer blah blah blah.. are you kidding?!

So, $1,000 saved annually via solar panels translates to about $20,000 in additional property value. http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/solar_panels_affect_the_value_of_your_home/3368So, based on these articles, I would say the increase in value is somewhere between 3.5 percent of home value (14K on a 400K valuation) and 97% of investment costs.

I translate a lot of skills and knowledge from the office and lab into my REI career, but my degrees specifically are not used in REI. 

I'd love to learn more about what you do.Also, may I ask what that typically translates to via cost per lead?

A good architect will put together a package that tells you what type of occupancy you're allowed to build, plus the max height, # of stories, max building area, parking requirements, etc...They'll also put together a conceptual site plan showing you how all that info translates to your site.

And this higher threshold translates into higher risk-adjusted returns on investment over the long haul.A vertically-integrated company buys the property, builds or renovates it in-house, and does the property management in-house.

How does it translate into LTV?

We're talking about the ability to coherently translate your thoughts, ideas, and core message into something that can be communicated to your constituency in a way that provides some level of confidence.

In Hong Kong during 80s-present, the idea of 炒樓 (translated: fry buildings) was so prevalent that housewives were doing it as a side job and being wildly successful.