Posts Tagged ‘BUILDING GREEN IN EVERGREEN COLORADO’

TAKING A LOOK AT THE FAILURE OF THE DODD-FRANK BILL FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

TAKING A LOOK AT THE FAILURE OF THE DODD-FRANK BILL FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

The latest Obama foolery comes from the Administrations FDIC who insures the savings accounts of investors in US banks. Of course, true to Presidents Obama leadership skills the FDIC is 43.5 billion dollars in the red, making it completely and totally bankrupt. The FDIC is another federal government failure. Now the FDIC is going to straighten out the mortgage investment business!

They are going to administer part of the Dodd-Frank new financial law which was written by the major banks and insures that the tax payers will continue to bail out Wall Street and the too big to fail private banks. Here is how the new rules will work.

Say you buy a home worth $300,000 dollars. If you put down 20% or $60,000 then go to a bank and take out a mortgage loan for say $240,000 dollars; the bank needs to have 10% or $24,000 dollars in cash reserves to make the loan. They can borrow the ten percent form the Federal Reserve at 1/2 % interest if they want. Your bank writes the loan by creating $216,000 dollars out of thin air-it’s called fractional reserve banking (google it). This is how money is created in America, the banking system just prints it up (that’s why the banks always have the nicest building in town and your checking account is free).

Now the new Dodd-Frank bill, which is going to protect you, will allow the bank to sell the loan as a mortgage backed security only if the bank that writes the loan keeps a 5% security interest in the loan; in our case $10,800 ( $216,000 X .05=$10,800). This is supposed to protect America from another Barney Frank-Chris Dodd induced mortgage meltdown like these two nincompoops caused in 2008. Now the bank can use the $10,800 5% hold back security as collateral to borrow that amount form the Federal reserve and make a new $108,000 dollar loan by creating another 108 thousand dollars. They must keep another 5% security interest in the new $108,000 or $5400 which they can again use to write another loan.

Then the bank can sell both loans as mortgage backed securities and net $216,000 + 108,000 = $324,000 less the 5% security hold back or $16,200.00 ($10,800 + $5,400 = $16,200). The bank now has created $307,800 dollars that they pocket and still have the $16,200 in created cash to use as a 10% reserve for more loans.

Now you are going to spend the next 30 years of your life paying back, with interest, your $240,000 mortgage that your banker and the Federal Reserve just created out of thin air.

Now wouldn’t it be smarter if our government created the $324,000 plus 30 years of interest, and used it to pay legitimate government expenses, and pay off the federal debt. We should cut out the Federal Reserve, which is a private bank, and just pay the local bank a fair fee for booking the loan. This is what our Founding Fathers wrote into our constitution when they gave congress the right to coin money. Created money was to benefit we the people not them the bankers.

We can see why nothing will get done in Washington with all this created cash floating around. The congress and the White House don’t want to return the right to print money to the people because they will cut themselves off from the money tree.

Wake up America only the grassroots will put a stop to the corruption of the Federal Reserve, the too big to fail banks, and the politicians who profit from stealing the right of we the people to create the dollars in our economy and use those dollars to benefit we the people..

There are few places you can hide from this economic nightmare. If You want to invest for the future you need to understand the basic foundations that the system is built on. Please, give us a call and we will show you how to make money in these perilous times. We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE needs. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER. We know Real Estate, and land, and we know financing; we will work hard to prosper You. Contact us at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com. Don’t forget to register for our FREE REAL ESTATE BUYER INCENTIVES.


EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE DEFINITIONS FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Assignment A transfer of property, real or personal, to another; or of any rights or estates                                    in that property. Common assignments are of leases, mortgages, deeds of                                          trust, but the general term includes all transfers of title.

The secret is that there is no secret – a thriving economy will solve all the other problems. A home is a hard asset and is historically the best investment in troubles times. Not only will you make money but also You can live in your investment, while you will enjoy special income tax treatment. We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and DISCOUNT MORTGAGES SERVICES and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN REAL ESTATE and CONIFER REAL ESTATE. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and are looking forward to serving You with all Your Real Estate needs. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com. Don’t forget to register for Your FREE BUYER INCENTIVES.


THE SALAZAR SLICK AND “THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP” LAW FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE OWNERS

Monday, May 24th, 2010

THE SALAZAR SLICK AND “THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP” LAW FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE OWNERS

 

What a sickening performance we all witnesses last week as Secretary Salazar tried to blame every one but himself when the discussion of negligence concerning the Salazar slick in the Gulf of Mexico. The maritime and even tort law is full of precedent concerning the application of “Captain of the Ship” liability. The Federal Government was required by the “In-Situ Burn” regulation, as it is known, to have fire booms ready on standby and deployed immediately when a platform rig fire began; and then the Coast Guard was responsible for moving the rig off the well head before the platform sunk or disintegrated and the pipe broke. The Salazar regime ignored the law and the result is the Obama Oily Ocean of Pollution destroying the environment of our gulf.

 

As always Salazar’s incompetence is costing the American people dearly, as all the decisions this secretary has made. Whether it is the killing of wild horses, turning off the water for the Central Valley of California or the lax enforcement of the oil producers who contributed so many millions to the Obama campaign – Salazar has proven that He and Obama are the worst nightmare environmentalists could have.

 

It’s time we brought competence and common sense back to American environmental policy. It’s time for a change we can all survive with; it’s time to fire Salazar and Obama and hold the Federal Government responsible under the “Captain of the Ship” rule for their incomprehensible negligence.

 

A home is a hard asset and is historically the best investment in inflationary times. Not only will you make money but You can live in your investment, while you will enjoy special income tax treatment. We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and DISCOUNT MORTGAGES SERVICES and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE and CONIFER COLORADO REAL ESTATE. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and are looking forward to serving You with all Your Real Estate needs. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com . Don’t forget to register for Your FREE BUYER INCENTIVES.

FREE ENTERPRISE IS MOVING OVERSEAS

Friday, January 8th, 2010

FREE ENTERPRISE IS MOVING OVERSEAS

 

Business is increasingly faced with the decision of going broke or moving their manufacturing, production hierarchy, and capital investments along with their professional jobs overseas. This is a cumulative problem because as more and more companies move, those companies remaining can no longer compete unless they too move off shore. When they move they take their accounting jobs, legal jobs, software jobs, engineering jobs, building capital improvement jobs, energy jobs, insurance jobs, sub-contractor jobs, sales jobs, tax revenues, health benefits, retirement benefits, and profits with them. The next time you buy Chinese, Indian, South American, Japanese, etc. remember you are shortening the time until your job is out sourced to one of these foreign lands.

                                         

When the manufacturing jobs went overseas all we over educated professionals said that that was OK because we can’t compete with the labor market in forging lands. Now all the professional jobs are relocating off shore because we can no longer compete with Indian CPA’s, Chinese paralegals to do our research, Brazilian software operation and design consultants, South Korean engineers, and Taiwanese cad cam designers and manufactures.

 

America the secret is that there is no secret – as we force these jobs to leave our shores the death knell is ringing on the American way of life. We need to protect our markets and stop taxing our employers either out of business or out of America.

 

A home is a hard asset and is historically the best investment in inflationary times. Not only will you make money but You can live in your investment, while you will enjoy special income tax treatment. We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and DISCOUNT MORTGAGES SERVICES and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE and CONIFER COLORADO REAL ESTATE. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and are looking forward to serving You with all Your Real Estate needs. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com . Don’t forget to register for Your FREE BUYER INCENTIVES.

GREEN SHOULD NOT BE AN EXOTIC COLOR ON EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

GREEN SHOULD NOT BE AN EXOTIC COLOR ON EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

The main problem that MARK ENGLISH CUSTOM HOME BUILDERS has with building “GREEN” is that everyone wants to stress the exotic, the expensive, the cutting edge instead of the basic, the easy, the reasonable, the economical. We all immediately jump into a discussion of a 30 to 35 thousand dollar geothermal system, or 10 to 15 thousand dollars of solar panels instead of weighing the costs against the benefits.

 

For years we have used 2 X 6 construction, 93% to 96% high efficiency furnaces, basement slab insulation, R-38 insulation in ceilings, high efficient appliances, low flush toilets, high efficient hot water tanks, hot water pipe insulation, natural gas, low-E insulated windows and patio doors, placement of the home to take advantage of solar heat, natural low water grass and shrubs, and on and on. All these features, although they add some cost are certainly within the budget of most homeowners and spec builders.

 

All these features will pay for themselves quickly, all are easy to maintain and easy to sustain, all protest the environment, all are stingy with the energy costs, and all are thoroughly do-able in any home from the basic starter to the high end executive mansion.

 

Please give us a call; we are concerned about You and Your needs. Give MARK ENGLISH CUSTOM HOME BUILDERS a call; we will educate You so that You will have the advantage. We are the one stop shop for all your Real Estate needs in the Rocky Mountains. Whether a home of Your own, a retirement investment, an EVERGREEN COLORADO HOME LOAN or an EVERGREEN COLORADO MORTGAGE REFINANCE call us at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com, or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com. Don’t forget to register for Your FREE INCENTIVES on our web site.

ABOVE ALL BUILDING GREEN IS A SYSTEM FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

ABOVE ALL BUILDING GREEN IS A SYSTEM FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

It is important to understand that most ‘Green” building methods are part of a building system. You cannot just stick a high efficient window here or there and forget the placement of the window and the design of the roof soffit above the window. It gives you little benefit to use 2 X 6 wall construction in only some of the exterior walls, which I have seen many builders do. This kind of building shows a desire to cheat or fool the buyer or a total lack of understanding of the entire insulating system of a new home.

                       

Many of these features are designed to save you on your energy costs and to protect our environment. But remember that a home has an environment of its own. When you build a home the house has high-pressure areas and low-pressure areas that must be balanced. Your new home will have high moisture areas in laundry rooms, bathrooms and kitchens; and low moisture areas in bedroom and living rooms that again must be balanced.

 

Just like a weather system the high pressure and high moisture areas will try to balance with the low pressure and low moisture areas and you will get air leakage from the cold outside to the warm inside unless the system to complete. Nice solar sunlight coming through the windows in the winter is great but can be unbearable in the middle of July.

 

So remember that with every phase of the job from the foundation insulation, to the exterior sheathing and siding, to the roof and the framed walls; the integrity of every system must be maintained to produce the effective result that the design intended.

 

THREE DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS

 

We have 40 years experience in building custom homes. We are an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and would be happy to talk to you about Your dream home. We have three different construction programs for you to choose from. We will show you how to take your project from conception, through land selection and financing to final move in. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishbuilder@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com.

INSULATING MECHANICALS FOR GREEN BUILD ON EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

INSULATING MECHANICALS FOR GREEN BUILD ON EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

We are continuing our look at the new “Green” building code updates to the IECC an IRC universal building codes. Today’s update has to do with mechanical piping. Any piping carrying fluids above 105 degrees F or below 55 degrees F must be insulated to a minimum of R-3.

 

This requirement is not only for your hot water piping but also for heating and cooling pipes for glycol or fluids for your hot water heating. This is really nothing new since insulating heating piping and duct works has been in the code for years but it does increase the mandate to insulate in all zones and under all conditions – no exceptions.

 

We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and DISCOUNT MORTGAGES SERVICES and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE and CONIFER COLORADO REAL ESTATE. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and are looking forward to serving You with all Your Real Estate needs. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com . Don’t forget to register for Your FREE BUYER INCENTIVES.

BUILDING GREEN AND VAPOR RETARDERS FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

BUILDING GREEN AND VAPOR RETARDERS FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

This is a continuing blog detailing all the new Building Code changes in the IRC and IECC codes that reflect the new Green Building movement. One of the new code provisions is that in zones 5, 6, 7, and 8 the interior side of exterior framed walls must have a vapor retarder. This is an improvement over the older code which placed the vapor barrier on the exterior of the framed wall and retarded the ability of the wood frame to breath.

 

Wood, as are many building materials, is organic and must be vented with clean fresh air or they will fester and rot. Putting the vapor barrier on the interior wall allows the wood siding, the sheathing, and the studs to breath free. One of the dangerous trends in recent years is to put a vapor barrier on the exterior and the interior of the stud wall thinking more is always better. This could be a very dangerous practice if you do not know what you are doing, Double vapor barriers could severely damage the structure in just a few short years.

 

Please, give us a call and we will show you how to BUILD GREEN IN EVERGREEN COLORADO. We have 40 years experience in building custom homes. We are an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and would be happy to talk to you about Your dream home. We have three different construction programs for you to choose from. We will show you how to take your project from conception, through land selection and financing to final move in. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishbuilder@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com  

INSTALLING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS IN EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

INSTALLING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS IN EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

The newer versions of the IRD and IECC building codes require the use of a more energy efficient windows. The heat gain in summer and the heat loss in winter from the windows cause a substantial loss of energy. Windows are rates by the U value, with a lower rating number meaning that a window is more efficient at stopping the flow of heated or cooled air.

 

In the warmer climates, zones 1 to 4, which are generally hotter in the summer and need air conditioning, the U values allowed have decreased, causing an increase in the energy efficiency of the homes.

 

Additionally, the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC), which measures how well the window blocks the heat from sunlight, has been lowered. The SHGC is designated by a number between 1 and 0 with the smaller the number the less solar heat transmitted. In hotter areas the SHGC requirement has been reduced to allow less energy to cool the home.

 

Better windows will cost more money. I would make sure that not only is the window glass and weather stripping superior but the tracts, hardware and mechanisms are sturdy and will go the distance.

 

We are MARK ENGLISH REAL ESTATE and DISCOUNT MORTGAGES SERVICES and are Your one stop shop for all Your EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE and CONIFER COLORADO REAL ESTATE. We are also an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and are looking forward to serving You with all Your Real Estate needs. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishrealestate@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com.

THE NEW BUILDING CODE FOR GREEN BUILDING AND EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

THE NEW BUILDING CODE FOR GREEN BUILDING AND EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE

 

Another new standard for the Green Building Code is that you must increase the insulation in a Mass Wall. The code defines a Mass Wall as an above grade wall made of concrete blocks, concrete, insulated concrete forms, masonry cavities, brick, earth, adobe, compressed earth, solid timber logs.

 

The reason for the change is to over come what is know as thermal lag. This slows down the time it takes for cold or hot temperatures to transfer from the outside to the inside of the structure. Building materials like concrete and logs have notoriously poor insulating value and this code requirement is meant to compensate for this. This will mandate more insulation so the cost will rise. This is a good improvement since materials like logs, although most people think that they are good insulators, really are not.

 

We have 40 years experience in building custom homes. We are an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and would be happy to talk to you about Your dream home. We have three different construction programs for you to choose from. We will show you how to take your project from conception, through land selection and financing to final move in. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishbuilder@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com