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Heard that news today. As a Tesla shareholder, I'd wishfully think that increasing price on powerwall, and then restricting supply this way means they either have much higher demand of powerwalls or they want to use all batteries they can to meet the demand for cars. Also coincides with them...

I remember reading some studies that said Sunpower panels are few percentage points more efficient than LG, PANA etc. I also remember that their price was somewhere north of 200% of LG, PANA etc.

Remember, since I installed the panels, prices have come down quite a bit. I installed 12kW system (36 panels) of Panasonic solar panels. Paid $30k for it before tax incentive. Back then, I had researched Tesla, LG and Panasonic panels and had done some price comparison with Costco program, the...

akkord, that is exactly the logic I went by and put few more panels. Just finished a year last month and had few $ credit after all NEM calculations, min charges etc. Did utility benefit by buying from me at wholesale rate of measly 4 cents per kW? Yes. But, I am ok with it as my incremental...

So, what is the appeal of powerwall for solar owners? In stead of feeding excess energy during daytime to grid, feed the battery and use the juice in evening hours before pulling power from the grid? With NEM, does it really save enough $ to justify the cost of powerwall?

I was driving by on I-8 and saw a huge solar farm by Calexico. It is impressive. Turns out, they put 3 MM panels and the project cost around $300+ MM, which brings $122/panel installed. Contrast that with the panels I put on my roof a year ago at ~$850 per panel. The stark difference in...

So, less investment home and more Primary home purchases on the way? Meaning fewer rentals coming in the market and rents going up? Joe will have little bit of ease buying home as some competition is removed. Jane will have to part with few more $ every month in rent?

@aqua - I think that PLTR is a gem. I just got in and plan to stay for the long haul..like 10 years...

It is somewhat possible to time the market. If you follow general rule of thumb that when you are about to purchase a home and you have to offer over asking price, then worry that you might be still outbid, or when you as a buyer pretty much have no negotiating power...you are late to the party...

I can second that. In what I have observed, if one is using his/her fingers (keyboard and mouse) to get the work done and be paid, his/her personal economy is unaffected or has even gotten better. If your job involved standing all day, or walking around all day, or have face to face interaction...

Can we just take a pledge to not post anything from that junk of a website here?

Most panels nowdays install microinverters...meaning each panel has it's own micro inverters and pipes are just collecting all the current an hooks up to grid. I'd imagine it should be fairly straightforward to install additional panels down the road and just connect them to the main pipe.

At least once I have replied, "you have got a wrong number associated with the property, make sure you delete it from your records so you don't keep calling me in error and waste your time"

Realtors should just offer cash 10% above the appraised value of the home, and then find the buyer that is willing to offer more. Will be much more effective than cold calling. #Skin in the game :P

Lately getting at least one phone call a day from some realtor office cold calling if I want to sell my home... The cell phone has become new landline...pretty much let all the calls go to vm unless you know the number and expecting a call.

For BTC to be a real currency, the volatility has to flatline eventually. Till then it is just a speculative trading instrument. If I sold you a product for $1 today and stick that dollar in my drawer, I know that 3 months from now it will still be a $1 more or less. If I sold you a product...

What do smarties here think of Palantir for the long term investment? I have just started doing the research and I like it so far. 2020 revenue $1B TAM is $120B Their business model is Business to Business, and Business to Govt. services, worldwide, industry agnostic. My interpretation, kinda...

I question the whole non-liquid asset class designation to residential real estate. Vast majority of homes are more like commodity (with varied degree of quality) than unique. jUst like used cars, most of them are just run of the mill and KBB helps there, some are vintage, rare etc. and their...

To start off, I will borrow from an executive recruiting business model. There is an employer, a candidate, and a recruiter. At times, employers decide to pay for services of a specialist and hire them to find a candidate. Job seeker do not pay a penny. How about there are no buyer agents. Only...

Seems there are plenty of voices on TI to comment on how the current commission structure for a real estate transaction is dated. Why not bounce around few ideas here to invent a new model? Who know, in few years there might be a startup/movement that picks up an idea from the bright minds here.