CASBA CONFERANCE in CAMBRIA CA.

Straw Bale Conference in Cambria Ca.

The CASBA conference this past weekend was a success. I heard it was the most attended conference to date.
The presentations were informative and there was time to ask questions from the presenters both during their presentation and after.

Joy and Maurice Bennett were the primary backbone to the event, making sure we kept to our schedule, gathering the funds from the attendees, and making sure people attending were enjoying themselves. They were great hosts of the event. I am sure there were many other people involved with the behind the scenes happenings, but Joy and Maurice appeared to me as the driving force of making the event as prospers as possible for all.
There was a roundtable on Saturday afternoon that dealt with the window openings. How best to approach the water and element issue so the area below the windowsill did not saturate the stucco below and seep into the walls below the window seal.
The attendees included, architects, contractors, owner builders, realtors, and myself a lender. I look forward to next year and seeing where this event will be scheduled.

Financing the Off Grid Home

This is my first post to the wonderful world of blogging.
In the business word there is a saying, find a need and fill it.
For the past eight years I have been assisting clients with finding conventional financing for their off grid homes. I have not been successful every time due to various issues with their financing. However, there are many happy clients from the results of me finding funding for their loans.

This coming weekend March 14-16 I will be a speaker at the CALIFORNIA STRAW BUILDING ASSOCIATION Conference. The event will be located in Cambria California at Camp Ocean Pines( www.campoceanpines.org) There will be a line up of informative speakers and presenters discussing the many aspects of Straw Bale Building. Hope to see you there!!!

Real estate financing for their Off -Grid Homes.

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