Comments on: Cash Poor Financing: CityFirst/Municipal Financing

By: 5 Reasons Why Solar is Now Affordable

5 Reasons Why Solar is Now Affordable — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:56:42 +0000

[...] the best financing deals right now are through cities who offer “Berkely” type municipal bond programs. With these, you don’t finance your solar through a bank, but through a tax assessment on [...]

By: Top 10 Solar Myths

Top 10 Solar Myths — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:28:21 +0000

[...] of my most read group of posts is Cash Poor financing series. These talk about solar leasing, solar PPAs, 0 Down financing, and the growing number of cities [...]

By: Sonoma County Municipal Solar Financing

Sonoma County Municipal Solar Financing — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:10 +0000

[...] Cash Poor Financing: CityFirst/Municipal Financing [...]

By: Ye Old Solar FAQ & More

Ye Old Solar FAQ & More — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:49:44 +0000

[...] Municipal financing is the nectar of the solar financing gods. Period. It allows you to get your solar through your city. No home equity worries.Decent interest rate. 20 year loan through a special tax assessment on your house. You sell the house, the new owner pays the rest of the solar loan/assessment. So, it’s sort of solar financing as you go, and you get all of the net metering and other benefits besides. We love this so much, we wrote two posts about it. Hell yes, do we love municipal financing. [...]

By: What’s the Diff? Lease vs. PPA

What’s the Diff? Lease vs. PPA — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:39:48 +0000

[...] because they’re similar…yet very different. I outlined each option and others in my Cash Poor Series of posts, so you can see an outline of each program [...]

By: Think Solar isn’t Affordable? Fine. Prove it to Yourself.

Think Solar isn’t Affordable? Fine. Prove it to Yourself. — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:20:58 +0000

[...] do I finance it? See my “cash poor” series of posts. They describe not only traditional home equity financing, but also solar leases, solar PPAs, [...]

By: Quan

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:31:23 +0000

Hey Solar Fred,The articles that you have written regarding financing and solar in general have been very helpful to me. I'm a UCLA student currently interning at a non-profit and working on a research project for the CEC regarding the different financing options – would you be willing to help point me the right direction and/or provide some additional guidance? Any help would be much appreciated. Please contact me here: qnguyen AT solartech DOT orgBest,Quan