by Solomon Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog
Sol Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP is director of Green & Energy Services at GRS Group. He can be reached at (443) 320-0429 or by email at [email protected] The plan was really quite simple: Invest in energy or water savings, get a lower loan rate and an...
by Solomon Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Sol Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP is director of Green & Energy Services at GRS Group. He can be reached at (443) 320-0429 or by email at [email protected] An (essentially) FREE energy and water audit? Yes, but with some caveats, of course. ...
by Solomon Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog
As most professionals in the commercial real estate due-diligence world expected, the popularity of the Fannie Mae Green Rewards and Freddie Mac Green Advantage programs has continued to rise. GRS Group saw a steady increase in the workflow through 2017 and the trend...
by Solomon Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog
My main takeaway from the recent MBA CREF/Multifamily Housing Conference was the amount of excitement regarding the green financing programs from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. With mortgage rates rising, there is significant interest in these programs as a way to reduce...
by Solomon Rosenbaum PE, CEM, CPMP | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
As I mentioned in my last article (Incentivizing Landlord Investment in Green Projects, EVEN When It is the Tenant That Saves Energy), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offer generous incentives for financing multifamily properties. Under their revised guidelines issued late...