Re: to realtor or not to realtor? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Judy Baxter (BAXTERepi.umn.edu) | |
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 09:21:01 -0600 (MDT) |
Sharon Villines wrote: <<But essentially it was because there was no real estate person or mortgage broker handling all the paperwork. I can't tell you how many pieces of paper the bank lost and how many forms they couldn't explain clearly. I don¹t know if you need more than a lawyer to sell property but to buy and get a mortgage, I wouldn't do it again without an agent or broker.>> I think that what Sharon describes may well be very useful. (Though, here at Monterey Cohousing ,(Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN) we have done without for two condo sales (plus the original sales, the closer helped a lot!) What seems to be true is that in selling cohousing we are selling a lifestyle, not just a house, and that realtors really can't do that. I was just talking to a former resident whose townhouse has been for sale for a while, and she said she had two "top" realtors, with no sale, and now realizes sales will come through the cohousing connections, web site, etc. Judy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN A studio-size coop apt may be for sale in a year, a 3 BR townhouse is for sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- e-mail: baxter [at] epi.umn.edu 15 homes - 7 new townhomes plus 8 coop apartments in the Mansion (a rehab Georgian building) (built as a retirement home in 1924 -) which also serves as our Common House coops moved in in 1993, townhomes in 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice Mail for Monterey Cohousing - 952-930-7554 web page: http://www.jimn.org/mococo/ _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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to realtor or not to realtor? Kim Koster, September 2 2002
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Re: to realtor or not to realtor? Fred H. Olson, September 2 2002
- Re: to realtor or not to realtor? Sharon Villines, September 2 2002
- Re: to realtor or not to realtor? Judy Baxter, September 3 2002
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Re: to realtor or not to realtor? Fred H. Olson, September 2 2002
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