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Green Energy Creates Investor Opportunities, pg. 3

left goes to power generation and, in the winter, that’s a smaller percentage. This caused the
price of gas to double in each of the past two
winters. The market response to this bottleneck
can be seen in average wholesale natural gas
prices, causing sudden spikes on the so-called
spot market during the coldest days. In southern and central Maine, business customers will
see their electricity rates jump from 6 cents per
kilowatt hour in October to 15 cents in January to 11.5 cents in March. The country just
experienced the coldest winter in a century. This
winter is expected to be the same and the supply
and demand cycle continue to worsen with the
pricing continues to increase.

TV’s Favorite Fix and Flip Family, pg. 1

Tarek El Moussa also says he dedicates a lot
of time just getting to know the local market and
prices. While many investors have been indoctrinated to believe the MLS and REALTORS® are
their arch enemies, Tarek suggests investors get
access to the Multiple Listing Service and obtain
their real estate licenses.
Another strategy billionaire investor Mark Cuban and real estate flipper El Moussa have in common is diversification. Cuban has invested in a variety of startups, including real estate data service
Motionloft.
El Moussa says that to build in sustainability and
longevity this time around he is acquiring “income
producing assets,” and is diversifying into new
companies and ventures including “TV, seminars,
real estate sales, flipping houses and even the construction business.”
On the Sizzling
California Real Estate Market…
Of the hot California housing market Tarek says

that one of the biggest mistakes he sees investors
making every day is “over paying.” He notes that
there are so many trying to get into to cash in on
flipping houses and the rise in values. He insists
you’ve got to “buy right” if you are going to make
it.
For Tarek this means knowing your numbers,
and personally for him demanding at least a 12%
net return on each deal.
On the future of the OC property market he says
that there is great reason to be bullish considering we are barely three years into appreciation of
a new growth phase in the market, and that more
conservative mortgage lending, and a high percentage of cash deals is creating a far stronger
foundation, which will insulate the market from
future fluctuations.
In summary: Investors can do a lot to ensure
their ongoing success in flipping California houses, but need to be prepared to put in the work, and
be willing to invest in learning.

El Moussa says that to build in sustainability and longevity this time
around he is acquiring “income producing assets,” and is diversifying into new companies and ventures including “TV, seminars, real
estate sales, flipping houses and even the construction business.”
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The Solution: Hydro Renaissance —
A Profitable Opportunity
The leaders of our country recently endorsed
the use of hydropower as a viable renewable,
sustainable, and alternative energy resource with
the passage of the “Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013.” This legislation encourages the modification of current sites, thus
boosting hydropower production, increasing
efficiency, and reducing environmental impacts
of hydropower. No one believes gas will stay
low forever, thus, this is exactly the right time to
invest in hydro. There is a large up-front capital
cost, but once built, hydro power assets are nearly pure profit. No fuel, little maintenance, and
little labor expense. Hydropower plants capture
the energy of falling water to generate electricity. A turbine converts the kinetic energy of falling water into mechanical energy. Hydropower
is consistent and profoundly efficient, with low
Co2 output and zero greenhouse gas emissions.
This innovative source of electricity works to
keep our environment clean, while producing a
renewable and sustainable source of energy.

Hydropower plants capture
the energy of falling water
to generate electricity. A
turbine converts the kinetic
energy of falling water into
mechanical energy.
DownEast Hydro, LLC, a Maine based company, provides the renewable energy market with a
fresh, environmentally sound, fish and wildlife
safe approach to small-scale hydroelectric generation. It supports the various environmental
interest groups and develops parallel construction of fish passages at the power stations, while
achieving a positive return on investment.
Currently DownEast Hydro sees energy
potential in old hydro dams and is focusing on
developing five small existing Central Maine
hydro sites. When fully operational, they will
provide enough electricity to support 2,100
Mainers for one year, just a fraction of Maine’s
15% hyd &