Cohousing-L Mailing List: California Cohousers:Virtual Summit this Thurs eve on Legalities/Practicalities of Seling/Reselling Cohousing Homes

[Raines Cohen (rc3-coho-L]

Cohousers in California:

Join us *this Thursday*, May 20, *5-7 PM*,

Experienced real estate agent *Brett Weinstein* of *Realty Advocates *(who
has handled many cohousing resales), hosted by Phoenix Commons, talking
about how we can legally and effectively resell cohousing condos in
California. Details below.

Please pre-register via Zoom if possible so we can prepare:


https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tcuqorzosEtWziQz7V89LiO2FmymNqABw

And pass the word around your community!

On this hot topic, we found that different people have different
questions/issues around resales, inclusivity, diversity, affordability..
the more the merrier (so long as participants are living in established
California Cohousing neighborhoods or building new community homes for
sale; we have other events that are appropriate for community seekers).

Raines Cohen, Cohousing California (at Berkeley, CA cohousing)
 on behalf of the CaliCoho organizing team and Phoenix Commons

>
Phoenix Commons, the Bay Area's only senior cohousing (*and the US's only
> community with an ocean-going dock*), is running into challenges and
> conflicting advice from Real Estate professionals about how to handle
> resales in community, under new California and Federal rules designed to
> prevent housing discrimination.
>
> The way some agents are telling some sellers in some communities, the
> seller should not be aware of anything about the buyer, to prevent
> inadvertent discrimination based on protected categories. That doesn't
> sound like the cohousing way of doing things, building relationships and
> getting to know one another.
>
> Phoenix Commons has gotten a local real estate broker, *Brett Weinstein*,
> who has handled many cohousing resales over the past quarter century, to
> join us in a multi-community conversation that can help us compare notes
> between communities and address questions such as:
>
> 1. Do you have an informational meeting with prospective buyers? What is
> it called?
> 2. Communication between prospective buyers and the community--do real
> estate agents get involved as well?
> 3. Does the community tell prospective buyers the price(s) of available
> units?
> 4. Do you have rules in your CC&Rs or community agreements about selling
> units?
> 5. Do you have some sort of pre-sales period before a unit is listed on
> MLS?
> 6. How do you market available units? Would you be interested in doing
> joint marketing with other cohousing communities?
> 7. Do you have a specific team that deals with interactions with
> buyers/sellers/real estate agents and what is the name of that team?
> 8. What have you learned that we should all know about?
> 9. Are there things the community should not be doing?
> 10. What have been your biggest challenges?
>
> We're planning to gather for a couple hours at most to discuss these
> questions this Thursday evening May 20, and want to get as many
> communities represented as possible.
>
> Of course, we'll share the results on this list, and welcome anyone who
> can't make it to post their questions and relevant answers to the ones
> listed above.
>