Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Steps to buy a house directly from owner (no realtorinvolved)

[Meg Palley (megp]

ARe you aware of co;-housing units for sale in Berkeleyl or East Bay area now?
The Nevada City co-Housing may not happen in time for me to use it and I like
Berkeley having lived there from 1956-1974..  Meg Palley

Joani Blank wrote:

> There's a company in Berkeley (near you, Veena) called Realty Advocates,
> that does all the paperwork for a flat fee.  These guys are licensed real
> estate agents, but in this case they work for a very low flat fee, way, way
> less than 6 or even 3 percent of your sale price.  Almost all the resales
> at Doyle St. Cohousing over the last 11 years have been handled by
> them.  For those of you in other parts of the country, I know for sure of
> two other metro areas outside of California where there are companies that
> do the same thing, so look around.
>
> The buyer and seller, having agreed on sale price, go to their office
> together for one conversation with one of the two partners, and they handle
> all the rest.  I can't remember how much it costs but I think it was a flat
> $750 when I sold my unit. In any event it is less than $1000.  The buyer
> and I split the cost, but you can do a different split, or either one can
> pay the whole thing, whatever you decide.
>
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> >Hello
> >
> >we are going to buy a unit in a cohousing community in Bay Area,
> >California. We are buying a unit from members who have lived there for the
> >past two years. The current owners and we have agreed that it makes sense
> >to handle the paperwork directly (since t hey want to sell to us and we
> >want to buy from them and we have agreed on a price)
> >
> >Since we (both sides) are not going to use a realtor, my questions are
> >
> >-has anyone in cohousing done this before without using a realtor?
>
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