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111122 Budget Options and Cut Backs

Budget Options Possible Cut Backs Dave is in Budapest Hungary celebrating his wife Luelle's accomplishment of being one of, if not the world's leading, Old World River Cruise travel agent for a second year in a row!  We expect Dave back at the helm next Tuesday. Tonight we'll continue looking at energy wise remodeling budgets with an eye to flipping or an increasingly attractive buy and hold strategy. Rogelio Covarrubias, GEE's project manager, we'll be continuing our in-depth look at a couple of line by line budget options for the property located 1417 Beverly Court in 93611. Those wishing to review last weeks overview...Continue Reading!

111115 Time For A Change Of Strategy?

Time For A Change? Developing New Strategies The Market Has Changed. What's Available Now?   How can we maximize the opportunities in the market right now? What doesn't work anymore and what strategies of today are replacing those of yesterday? How can we flex our strategies in order to stay "on mission?" Tonight we'll address those questions and look at three specific examples of deals that we are considering right now. We'll discuss new investment strategies for today's market as well as our best guesses for the future. The addresses are 5449 E Pontiac Way in 93727,  1417 Beverly Court in 93611 and 13 Cedar...Continue Reading!

Roofing: Demo and OSB

Roofing Demo & OSB Rogelio and Guevara Roofing do the demolition and OSB installation in the process of re-roof 503 Scott Ave. Clovis, CA. [vimeo width="650" height="425"]http://vimeo.com/32159618[/vimeo]Continue Reading!

111108 1207 E. San Madele Fresno CA Update

Progress Update 1207 E. San Madele Fresno, CA As mentioned last week, Dave is traveling with Luelle this week and we thought this would be another good opportunity to provide an update on our nearly completed project located and 1207 E. San Madele Fresno CA. It's an extensive remodel including moving kitchen and adjacent family room wall back into the 2 car garage nearly 3 feet, raising the drop down formal living room floor several inches and our general Energy, WOW! and Done Packages. I'll have lots of pictures on hand as well as our Project Manager, Rogelio Covarrubias, to answer all your technical...Continue Reading!

Bedrooms and Bath Framing: 1810 Norris Drive E Fresno CA

Bedrooms and Bath Framing 1810 Norris Drive East Fresno, CA Rogelio and the GEE team frame a converted dining room into a bedroom in the process moving existing hallway, redundant front entrance and expanding small family bath into a luxurious Jack n Jill master bath. [vimeo width="650" height="475"]http://vimeo.com/31818338[/vimeo]Continue Reading!

111101 Home Performance In The Mid Atlantic Mixed-Dry Climate Zone

Home Performance In The Mid Atlantic Mixed-Dry Climate Zone Yahoo! I closed on a new foreclosure here in Virginia yesterday. It's a two story, 92 year old, balloon framed farmhouse with two additions, half a basement and a nasty damp craw space which is home to woodchucks and other residents. It has a horrible HVAC system and attic insulation that  will make you say, "What were they thinking?" when you see the pictures. As I've said before, I know what to do to fix houses in "Hot Dry" climate zones... But this is different.   We actually have snow on the ground here, and...Continue Reading!

111026 More On Mini-Splits

More On Mini-Splits  ACI Webinar Overview Today at 11 pm Pacific Danny Parker and I presented a Webinar for ACI and the Thousand Home Challenge on the topic of... You guessed it,  Mini-Splits, with an emphasis on Hot-Dry climate. Danny is in Florida and has a Fujitsu in his own home and loves it.  He is an energy geek who has been monitoring his home's energy consumption for the last 20 years.  So he has lots of data that shows his journey to Net Zero. So tonight at our 6pm Pacific regular time we'll talk more about Mini-splits including a debrief of the information...Continue Reading!

111018 Mini Split Heat Pumps… What We’ve Learned So Far

Mini Split Heat Pumps What We've Learned So Far Tonight We'll summarize what we've learned so far about Mini-Split Heat Pumps.  And what we suspect and are still researching. To date the ductless, ducted and hybrids Mini-Split systems are the most energy efficient HVAC units we've found.  Heavily in use elsewhere in the world, such time tested technology is greatly needed in America. With decades of experience installing popular manufactures such as Carrier and Train, we're extremely satisfied with the Mitsubishi Mini-Split systems.  Some topics we'll discuss are: What's "better" about these units than typical units we see in America? What needs to be done to...Continue Reading!

111011 Be The Building Scientist

Be The Building Scientist Not Just The Lab Rat BTW you get to be the Rat too! Read on to learn more about our latest project. Many in our industry bemoan the fact that there isn't much unbiased & practical data available. Even government funded research tends to have a "laboratory" feel and sometimes fails to give the practical conclusions needed by decision makers. Although we have produced some surprisingly low bills and many happy buyers and renters, it is not quite at the level of a scientific study. The two ends of the spectrum regarding research are the government or university funded study...Continue Reading!

111003 Quickbooks Pro Overview PC & Mac

Quickbooks Pro Overview Introduction To House Flipping Accounting Tonight we'll be responding to requests for an overview of how GEE uses QuickBooks to meet our accounting needs. Part 1 of a series on Energy Wise House Flipping Business Management, some of the topics we'll discuss include: QuickBooks Features Getting Started Account Set Up Reports: Standard and Custom Reconciling Bank Statement Online Account Updates Bill Pay and Invoices Tracking by Jobs Year End Accounting We'll also take a brief look at NeatWorks electronic receipt and document filing system. The first in series on this topic, we'll discuss upcoming training and were you can find answers to QuickBook questions you may have now or in the future. Click here to...Continue Reading!