If it produces more energy than it consumes then the building is Net positive - though Net Zero is too frequently used as a blanket term to cover both these cases.Ironically, Net Zero does not automatically imply higher energy efficiency - there are several examples of commercial buildings with large expanses of flat roofs (i.e. warehouse) which are net positive, despite the building itself being horribly inefficient.Building standards in North America are woefully outdated on matters of energy efficiency.  

Some loans also offer a 0.25% decrease in your interest rate if you set up automatic payments, which can add up to thousands of dollars saved over the ten year repayment plan.

The advantage of the 5% downpayment over the FHA option is the PMI that would be on both loans, automatically falls off of the conventional loan once you reach about 20% equity in the property.  

I too use it and almost automatically discard every property I see because none of them meet it or even come close.

Set up an automatic voice message answering system that plays the message when people call and then records a response.Set up bandit signs on busy intersections around my neighborhoods of interest.Listen to the messages and call back the leads that sound interesting.I think I will just save up cash now and wait until I have $100K or so make a deal.

Now she wants to sell it before she gets out of bankruptcy so she doesn't lose it to foreclosure(I'm assuming once she gets out of bankruptcy it will automatically start the foreclosure process).  

I believe it is 30 days in the rest of the state.Assuming the lease automatically renews on a month to month basis, you have to mail BEFORE the lease renews.

It is reasonable that basing everything on the existing "lease" that will automatically go into effect based on a daily proration (I.E.

Well Chris M. guess with the non-commercial, My gripe is that I would expect to get a lower down payment, but when they classify my property as commercial, that seems to automatically require 20-25% down.Julie Marquez that is good information to think about and I will certainly ask the question next week, if for no other reason than to present as an knowledgable investor.

If you put an expiration date on it, then the offer expires at a certain time, thus limiting the time the offeree has to accept the offer, in other words it is automatically withdrawn at that date and time.