Improving Real Estate Profits through Green Energy with Dave Holman

Passive Wealth Strategy Show - Real Estate for Busy Pros

Dave leads a team of experts in acquiring and managing residential and commercial properties that benefit residents, investors, and the planet. Dave grew up in North Yarmouth, Maine before attending Carleton College. His Latin American Studies major took him to Bolivia where he co-founded The Spitting Llama Bookstore and Outfitter- a chain of retail stores. Dave has written three books: Youth Renewing the Countryside, Coffee Smuggler, and Cyber Fire. After earning his MBA at the University of Maine, Portland, he worked as Outreach and Communications Coordinator for Safe Passage and then as Assistant Director of Annual Giving for Bowdoin College. Dave has been a real estate investor since 2011 and is a broker for Remax Riverside specializing in commercial and investment property. He co-owns rental 94 units in Southern Maine and enjoys working with owners, residents, and contractors to solve problems and improve communities. Dave has served on the board of the Ecology School in Saco and his local Budget Committee and Parks & Rec committee.

[00:01 - 04:31] Opening Segment

• Get to know Dave Holman
• Dave shares about himself and what he does
• “Doing two full-time jobs at least is not a very sustainable path”

[04:32 - 10:02] Journey to Green Energy

• Breaking the Stigma: Green Energy and Landlords
• How to Reduce Your Environmental Impact and Get Greater Returns
• Should you invest in solar panels?

[10:03 - 26:29] Improving Real Estate Profits through Green Energy

• The Best Thing You Could Do for Buildings
• What drives your building ROI up
• What is a Demand Response?
• Look Out! There’s a lot of greenwashing out there
• Window Swap Outs
• Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations
• “Electricity is going to be the name of the game.”

[26:30 - 34:54] Closing Segment

• Quick break for our sponsors
  • Groundfloor offers short-term, high-yield real estate debt investments to the general public. Check www.passivewealthstrategy.com/groundfloor/ to get started.
• What is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?
  • An office building
• Dave’s worst investment
  • An old 1800s brick building renovation

• What is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?
  • “It's not the business or the investment, it's the people.”
• Connect with my guest. See the links below.

Tweetable Quotes:

“The best thing you can do for buildings is also the least sexy, which is to insulate them.” - Dave Holman

“A lot of the energy efficiency improvements you can make to a building have a higher ROI than the building itself does.” - Dave Holman

“Green technology, energy efficiency, all these things don't matter. All that matters is NOI.” - Dave Holman

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Connect with Dave Holman through 207-517-5700, [e-mail], and LinkedIn. Visit their websites https://www.holmanhomes.com/ and https://www.katahdinmanagement.com/.

Invest passively in multiple commercial real estate assets such as apartments, self storage, medical facilities, hotels and more through https://www.passivewealthstrategy.com/crowdstreet/

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