Re: Developer Model of Co-housing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sue Ellen Hiers (ncdlfrontier.com) | |
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:30:37 -0700 (PDT) |
Just want to say that everyone involved is reputable including the co-ho consultant. I'm just not sure that it is possible for the co-ho consultant to represent clients on both sides of this transaction (property owner and non-owners). My expectations were forged from years of reading about co-ho as a gathering of a group of people who would then pool their money to buy property. This developer model throws in a power imbalance that is very confusing for me to know how to navigate. Regards, Sue Ellen From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> To: Sue Ellen Hiers <ncdl [at] frontier.com>; cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Developer Model of Co-housing > On Sep 3, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Sue Ellen Hiers <ncdl [at] frontier.com> wrote: > > I would be much more comfortable if their consultant had come up with a legal > plan that protects all parties that we could read and digest before asking > for money. Unfortunately it feels like a high pressure sales pitch that if > you don't act now then you'll lose out on this or that savings or options. > Which again if these were not my friends I would not give it a second > thought. Exactly. I think that the reasons cohousing had a problem working with professionals from traditional fields in the beginning is tripping over the expectations of their fields — traditional real estate speculation. If you can’t use a cohousing professional for one reason or another, at least contact one and offer then an hourly fee for answering questions on a Skype call (I prefer Zoom). Several people can be on the call—always a good idea. I can’t imagine that Chris-Scott Hansen, Ann Zabaldo, or Katie McCamant wouldn’t agree to this. All participate in this list. On expectations of other fields — years ago I published a newsletter on forensics for mystery writers. I would often receive a call for an emergency subscription. This was in the days when we still had paper checks sent in the mail. (If you don’t remember those, I’m sure Wikipedia has an entry on them.) When I received such a call they usually ordered all back issues and so the check would often be more than $100. I always sent the newsletters on faith that a check would arrive a week later. And they always did except when I got a call from a writer in Hollywood. No check. The expectations in Hollywood are just different. A group in Florida put an ad in a major alternative lifestyle magazine. They received something like a thousand requests for information. No takers. The expectation of those kinds of publications is to provide information to thousands of people who aren’t prepared to actually do anything. The same happened with a traditional real estate marketing firm. They do what they do and never measure results. This may seem far way from the person who wants money with no commitments but they are in their world, and it sound like they may not even be a reputable developers. Note my signature line. Sharon ----- Sharon Villines, Washington, DC "Focus means saying no to the 100 good ideas out there. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." Steve Jobs
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Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Ann Zabaldo, September 3 2015
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Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Sue Ellen Hiers, September 3 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Sharon Villines, September 4 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Richart Keller, September 4 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Sue Ellen Hiers, September 4 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing R Philip Dowds, September 5 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Kathryn McCamant, September 8 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Emilie Parker, September 9 2015
- Re: Developer Model of Co-housing R Philip Dowds, September 10 2015
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Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Sue Ellen Hiers, September 3 2015
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Re: Developer Model of Co-housing Ann Zabaldo, September 3 2015
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