Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Richart Keller (richart.kellergmail.com) | |
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:38:27 -0800 (PST) |
Has this gotten a little off-track? Rick Keller Pioneer Valley Cohousing Amherst, MA On Jan 11, 2014 5:36 PM, "Richard L. Kohlhaas" <rlkohl [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > > IMO, even more important than a website, to communities looking for new > members and/or resales, is > an up-to-date listing in the Directory section of www.cohousing.org. > > That is one of the first places that prospective cohousers, looking for a > particular region, will > look. > > Surprisingly, there are several communities with no listing at all, and > there are many which have > not been updated in years--which means that contact information is perhaps > obsolete. > > How is YOUR community's listing looking? > > > > Date sent: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:48:46 -0800 > From: Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] > cohousingpartners.com> > To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Cozy cohousing home near downtown > Sacramento > Send reply to: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > > > > > Of course no one is "required" to have a website...but it will definitely > > effect your resales. Southside Park is on of the older communities > > (completed in 1993) and built before we were so dependent on the web and > > email (hard to imagine how we even did it back in the day without > > email...remember phone trees?????) > > > > But I do think this issue points out one of the weak spot for > > cohousing...the community as a whole caring about resales. The cohousing > > resale process tends to be quite haphazard and few real estate agents > > understand how to sell cohousing. Communities talk a lot during the early > > process about wanting to control who joins, but really that is all about > > the effort and resources put toward that as a community, not just when > you > > personally are ready to sell. > > > > One of the few communities that has done a great job on supporting the > > resale process is Pleasant Hill Cohousing in CA. They have a resell > > committee that works to serve both the Seller and the Buyer. I would urge > > communities to consider organizing a resale committee to work with > > Sellers, and in return asking sellers to give a percentage (1/2% or 1%) > > back to the community at closing, especially if you are able to sell > > without a paying a realtor (which would be 6%). That funding could go to > > things like hiring someone to do a good website, working up a flyer > > template that can be easily adapted for different homes, and keeping a > > database of people that have expressed interest over the years (also good > > when rentals come up). > > > > Katie > > > > -- > > Kathryn McCamant, President, Architect > > CoHousing Partners, LLC > > > > ------------------------------------ > Dick Kohlhaas <rlkohl [at] earthlink.net> > (719)633-8170 > Board Member, Cohousing Association of the US > Resident of Colorado Springs Cohousing Community at Casa Verde Commons > Completed March 2003. 34 units on 4 acres www.casaverde.us > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento, (continued)
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento Michael Barrett, January 9 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento David L. Mandel, January 9 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento Sharon Villines, January 10 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento Richard L. Kohlhaas, January 11 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento Richart Keller, January 11 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento John Sechrest, January 9 2014
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Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento Sharon Villines, January 9 2014
- Re: Cozy cohousing home near downtown Sacramento John Beutler, January 9 2014
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