Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Best ways to seek collaborators?

[Richart Keller (richart.keller]

Well, just figure that cohousers are almost entirely white,
English-speaking, middle or upper middle class, highly educated, liberal,
environmentalist, either non-religious or UU or Jewish or Quaker, and that
should give you some good ideas about where to advertise...
On Oct 11, 2015 6:13 PM, "Michael Barrett" <mbarrett [at] toast.net> wrote:

>
> Tiffany,
>  Put up notices in health food and "organic" stores, in public libraries.
> Libraries may balk at a clearly "commercial" ad, but an invitation to an
> informational public "lecture"  (to be held at the library?) might fly.
>  Write articles for local papers - especially the health/organic/hippie
> variety.  Most local papers will welcome "free" copy.
>  Also UU (Unitarian Universalist) churches - you might be surprised how
> much resonance exists.
>
>
>  Michel Barrett  - Shadowlake Village, Blacksburg, VA
>   http://www.shadowlakevillage.org/
>
>
>
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>  From: "Tiffany Lee Brown" <magdalen23 [at] gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:42 PM
> To: "cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Best ways to seek collaborators?
>
> What would you experienced co-housers recommend as a way to connect with
> people who might be interested in starting a community?
>
> Thanks...
>
> Tiffany
> In Oregon
>
> Sent from outer space
>
> > On Oct 11, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Thomas Lofft <tlofft [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Michael Stinson msserd [at] ntid.rit.edu wrote:
> > Subject: [C-L]_ Separate financing of common house and individual
> > units?
> >
> > Our Flower City Cohousing community in Rochester, NY would like to know
> about separate financing for the common house and the individual homes in
> the community, and would appreciate any pertinent information. A developer
> with whom our community has been meeting has expressed a preference for
> this financial arrangement. The Cohousing Handbook by Chris Hanson states
> that some choosing communities have separate financing of the common house
> and individual homes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike Stinson
> > Flower City Cohousing Community
> >
> > In Liberty Village, each home buyer financed their own home with a
> combination "construction-perm" which combines with their deposit to
> provide the front end cash to complete purchase of their lot that gives
> them the collateral for the lender. Thereafter, during the construction
> period, draws are released monthly to pay the builder of the home; upon
> completion and receipt of the certificate of occupancy and lien release
> from the builder, the debt is rolled into the permanent mortgage.
> >
> > Our original 27 acre improved land site acquisition was completed by a
> partnership chartered as an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) with equity
> cash and a one year ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage). Within that first year,
> the property was subdivided to sell off a historical 1753 Manor House and
> outbuildings with 4 acres and a development loan was opened with a local
> bank to finance site development and infrastructure. In due course, the
> development loan is paid down from lot sales and the partnership will
> extend the development loan to construct the Common House, projecting loan
> payoff from final lot sales. If there were enough pre-sales (75% or more)
> it might be possible to get your lender to fund both the infrastructure and
> the common house in the initial development budget.
> > Cheers,
> > Tom Lofft
> > Liberty Village, MD
> >
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