Re: Right of First Refusal | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: John Beutler (jbeutleradelphia.net) | |
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:29:23 -0700 (PDT) |
The other thing that has not been mentioned is that giving the buyer a
clear idea of what cohousing is about is in the seller's interest,
otherwise some of the community aspects could be considered as "hidden
defects" of the unit. Basically, it could be viewed as fraudulent to not
disclose just what it is you are selling. Most realtors are careful to
make sure that the buyers are aware of what they are buying, but since most
cohousing units are sold with minimal or no involvement of realtors, this
can be more problematic.
Cheers JAB At 01:32 PM 10/11/2006 -0700, Joani Blank wrote:
The best protection against having someone completely inappropriate move in to your community, is that the current residents be encouraged to sign an agreement (formal signing of such an agreement has to be voluntary) that they will not sell their unit to anyone who will not agree to participate (whatever participate means in your community. Everyone also agrees to make sure that any potential buyer understands what it is like to live there. And almost all communities do that by having a potential buyer attend a couple of common meals and perhaps some other community activity such as a meeting or a work day or both. To my way of thinking this is an extensive set of disclosures that are not required by law but taken as a whole are designed to assure that any buyer knows pretty much exactly what he or she is getting into. This is hardly discrimination As a matter of fact, whether the prospect ends up loving the community (and becomes a great cohouser), OR realizes that this community is not for him or her and decide not to buy, we have done him or her a great service by being open with them about life in our community. __________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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- Re: Right of First Refusal, (continued)
- Re: Right of First Refusal MikeAngelastro, October 11 2006
- Re: right of first refusal MikeAngelastro, October 11 2006
- Re: Right of First Refusal MikeAngelastro, October 11 2006
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Right of First Refusal Joani Blank, October 12 2006
- Re: Right of First Refusal John Beutler, October 12 2006
- Fair Housing Liz, October 12 2006
- Re: right of first refusal Lynn Nadeau, October 12 2006
- Re: right of first refusal Dahako, October 12 2006
- Re: Right of First Refusal David Heimann, October 12 2006
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