Cohousing-L Mailing List: SF Bay area: Retrofit Cohousing workshop: Sat, 10/7

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Karen Hester <hesternet [at] jps.net> provided this announcement for a
San Francisco Bay Area Retrofit Cohousing workshop: Sat, 10/7 
It is being posted by Fred so be careful not to reply to me,,,

Intro to Retrofit Cohousing by Cohousing Consultants
Sat, Oct 7th, 10:00am-1:30pm
Temescal Creek Cohousing, home of Karen Hester
320 45th St, Upstairs, gate off driveway, cross street is Broadway, 
Oakland, California
(across from Oakland Tech High School)

Cost is $25-$50 sliding scale
Please rsvp by Friday, Oct 6th 
by email: Karen Hester <hesternet [at] jps.net>
or
by phone: at 510-654-6346 
so I can better prepare
Please invite friends that you think would be interested

Children over the age of 2:
I recommend getting a babysitter. If that's impossible, you can play with
your kid(s) outdoors but please know they must be supervised at all
times--rotating supervision with others in the group might work. The
meeting will take place indoors with potluck beginning at 12:30 outdoors

Please arrive on time and bring a potluck dish (organic appreciated)

Schedule:
9:30 am      coffee/tea/bagels/schmoozing
10:00-10:30  group intros
10:30-11:00  intro to retrofit coho with emphasis on East Bay
11:00-11:45  presentation and questions by realtor Diane Ohlsson
11:45-12:30  how to form a coho group/what are criteria and next steps
12:30- 1:45  potluck lunch and schmoozing

I'll be sending a profile form to those that rsvp to fill out before
meetin.

For those ready to move forward in the process:
If you haven't contacted a mortgage broker yet, we recommend Beth Hoffman
at Alternative Mortgage Sources at 415-861-5708. She can visit you on
either side of the Bay and give you an estimate of the potential loan you
can qualify for in a matter of minutes over the phone. You probably need
to have at least 10% down and 5% for closing costs.

If you don't have money for a downpayment, I'll have info on the First Time
Homebuyers Program in Oakland or think about folks you could ask for a loan
or gift.

I would also recoomend the book: _How to Buy and Sell A House in Calif._
by Nolo Press if you're brand new to the house-hunting process.  And be
sure to log onto 
http://www.cohousing.org 
and
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/~fholson/cohousing/retrofit 
for lots of info.





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