Property Management News

Eco-Broker janeAnna in Asheville, NC writes: This Energy Wise True or False Test was delivered with a smile to our client who purchased a wee rustic cabin in the mountains near Asheville with an energy-efficient mortgage. Certainly, the place was in need of updating. The appliances were about as old as the structure itself, which is to say at least as old as your Great-Grandma, and so our buyer intended to replace them, immediately. She wanted to know 1) what she could do to find out more about the various appliances on the market, and 2) for what she might be looking . . . We had checked with the lender hoping that they would pay for an energy rating as part of the costs ,... Read more

by Louisa May I'm often reminded that there are many versions of the truth, and the widely differing points of view highlighted in this lawsuit offer no exception. Sometimes, too, it takes a judge to protect us from each other's "good" intentions.   On May 27, 2008, U.S District Judge B. Avant Edenfield ruled in favor of Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper, a citizen based non- profit organization, in a lawsuit filed back in November of 2006 against the U.S Army Corps of Engineers.   This ruling is being hailed as a landmark win for environmentalists. At the very least, the ruling will help protect thousands of wetlands along the Georgia coast and... Read more