I've yet to see one of their kilowatt gorging live shows ever show any side of green energy.

We do not charge fees to the customer for our services, and having an attorney that you pay does not change a single thing that we can or will do for a customer.

I also use semi custom cabinets with quiet close drawers and Kohler toilets and rainshower heads, so I am not the norm.

We have several very smart people that have been working on this stuff for around a year and have spent tons of time, money, and energy building out infrastructure.

I use a solo k to lend money, and work with multiple investors with their IRA's and 401k's, and I have grown increasingly frustrated at the terrible customer service at ETC.

You have to define what we are talking about here.Average that I see is 30% Operating and Expenses,10% property management,10% vacancy.Every building is different and has it's own set of challenges.If someone self manages they can claim lower operating expenses with no management costs.Although the landlord does use up their time and energy which should have a monetary value to it.I tell landlords when I list their property that we have to count a property management fee in the numbers.If not a majority of the buyers will not be self managing and the numbers won't make sense to them.Otherwise we will be looking to sell to a small group who self manages.It depends on the size of the building as well.Many small buildings like a duplex or quad is self managed.Most larger buildings are not but there are a few.If you go over 50 units you can easily get a 5% property management fee but vacancy can generally run higher at 15% and with 30% O and E still puts you at 50%.I do see some buildings running at 60%.It's because the owners are underwater on the loans and have not maintained the property.They keep having to do patchwork repairs to get by and have high tenant turnover with rekey and reconditioning unit expenses which drives O and E above the 30% mark.If you factor rehab and going in and making changes and charging a slightly lower rent you can decrease tenant turnover and cute repairs to bring inline with the 50% total costs.You just have to look at what you can do with the property.The 50% is only a starting point.

At that point, people will begin moving inside computers.2) The "peak oil" predictions will come to pass and no alternative form of energy will become available.

Close the sale by getting the customer to take action.I've been blinded by the light a few times. @ the end of the day I've found that alot of the text book real estate investing "education" i get on books and CD's from the seminar's Ive attended doesn't apply in real life.

Would renters be interested in living in a property that was more energy efficient, water efficient and better insulated?

I'm an energy analyst/energy trading and previous a credit analyst @ Wells Fargo.