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From: Tim Hedberg (tim gocobuy.com)
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| Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:12:48 -0700 (PDT) | |
Hi all!
My name is Tim and I'm an entrepreneur working in the co-living and co-housing space and would like to stay up-to-date on all the research you incredible people are doing to pave the way for the innovation necessary to turn our shared ideas into practical solutions anyone can take advantage of.
Personally, I've lived in the community most of my life, and professionally am currently the CMO of CoBuy (www.gocobuy.com) where we are on a mission to democratize access to home-ownership by making it easier for people to team up to co-buy homes together, and to provision for a successful & protected co-ownership arrangement.
Rents in metro areas around the country are expensive, and homeownership remains out of reach for many. Traditionally the housing decision is constrained to "rent vs. buy.' CoBuy democratizes access to homeownership by providing a third option. By teaming up with one or more friends, family, or loved ones, CoBuyers are able to take advantage of economies of scale and increase their purchasing power as well as benefit from living in community. CoBuying can be a great way to get on the property ladder or to access homeownership on more preferable terms. For some, it is a fixed-term play or stepping stone.
We work with all sorts of groups including: friends, unmarried couples, intergenerational households, family members, and multiple married couples buying together.
Transactions involving friends, family members, or multiple couples are by nature more complex than transactions involving an individual or a married couple. Things can and do go wrong during the purchase: contractually, during negotiation, and in the execution of a transaction. Furthermore, there are a number of risks inherent to co-ownership (delinquency, death, exit, disagreement, bankruptcy/credit contagion, etc.).
Benefits Using of CoBuy:
1. Simplifies the co-buying process.
2. Minimizes the time and cost.
3. Helps co-buyers protect themselves, their relationships, and their investment.
Thanks for including me, everyone. I'm excited to participate in this community.
My name is Tim and I'm an entrepreneur working in the co-living and co-housing space and would like to stay up-to-date on all the research you incredible people are doing to pave the way for the innovation necessary to turn our shared ideas into practical solutions anyone can take advantage of.
Personally, I've lived in the community most of my life, and professionally am currently the CMO of CoBuy (www.gocobuy.com) where we are on a mission to democratize access to home-ownership by making it easier for people to team up to co-buy homes together, and to provision for a successful & protected co-ownership arrangement.
Rents in metro areas around the country are expensive, and homeownership remains out of reach for many. Traditionally the housing decision is constrained to "rent vs. buy.' CoBuy democratizes access to homeownership by providing a third option. By teaming up with one or more friends, family, or loved ones, CoBuyers are able to take advantage of economies of scale and increase their purchasing power as well as benefit from living in community. CoBuying can be a great way to get on the property ladder or to access homeownership on more preferable terms. For some, it is a fixed-term play or stepping stone.
We work with all sorts of groups including: friends, unmarried couples, intergenerational households, family members, and multiple married couples buying together.
Transactions involving friends, family members, or multiple couples are by nature more complex than transactions involving an individual or a married couple. Things can and do go wrong during the purchase: contractually, during negotiation, and in the execution of a transaction. Furthermore, there are a number of risks inherent to co-ownership (delinquency, death, exit, disagreement, bankruptcy/credit contagion, etc.).
Benefits Using of CoBuy:
1. Simplifies the co-buying process.
2. Minimizes the time and cost.
3. Helps co-buyers protect themselves, their relationships, and their investment.
If you have any thoughts, questions or relevant research to share, please do! We're always looking to learn more and share our learning with others in the space. As we grow, we'll certainly be executing research projects of our own and will be looking for collaborators and feedback along the way.
If you'd like to meet some folks we've worked with, check out the following mini-docs:
Our CoBuy Story: Meet Peggy, Terry & Ray
CoBuyer Highlight: How a Family Purchased a Home Together in Port Angeles, Washington
Our CoBuy Story: Starla & Robert Buy A Place
Thanks for including me, everyone. I'm excited to participate in this community.
Tim
PS If you haven't seen this, I highly recommend everyone check out the Webby Award-winning media project One Share House 2030
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:13 PM, Anitra Nelson <anitra.nelson [at] rmit.edu.au> wrote:
Hi CourtneyThere's some active research in NSW (Australia) on your topic:And see: https://the-agency-project.com/ ThanksAnitraOn 26 June 2018 at 09:07, Courtney <courtneyjaynecooper [at] gmail.com> wrote:https://protect-au.mimecast.coHi all!My name is Courtney and I am currently pursuing Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University in Toronto (it's a masters about problem-solving and human-centred design). For my final project, I am focusing on what we can learn from seniors who are defining their own retirement living standards. With co-housing and seniors/elders co-housing growing in popularity in the past 10 or 15 years, I am interested in what makes them an appealing alternative to conventional retirement options and if we can apply any of these principles to improve the options for more seniors.I'm just beginning my research, so I'll start by reviewing the email archive here. If this is something you are interested in or passionate about, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to pass along any helpful resources or just say hi!All the best,CourtneyOn Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:25 PM Anitra Nelson <anitra.nelson [at] rmit.edu.au> wrote:https://lists.cohousingresearcHiI enjoyed living in two residential communities in Victoria, Australia, during the 1990s and have stayed for extended periods in two in the US. I research at the Centre for Urban Research (CUR) at RMIT University in Melbourne. I have just had a book published on eco-collaborative housing (which includes cohousing, along with ecovillages, politicised squats, eco-communes, shared houses and intentionally and communally shared land) — Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet (2018, Pluto Press, London) and have become active in the regenerating Cohousing Australia. I will be in Europe in September–October with activities related to a book that I have co-edited with François Schneider and that is coming out in the Routledge Environmental Humanities series Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities. It includes a chapter by me on eco-collaborative housing and degrowth. Many other contributors, including my co-editor, include cohousing as a strategy for achieving degrowth. You can read more about my research here.I look forward to engagement within this group.ThanksAnitra______________________________On 26 June 2018 at 08:06, Neil Planchon <neil [at] swansway.com> wrote:Hello everyone… July is almost here! As is my custom, I am letting our current subscribers - 82 of them currently - know that some new folks have decided to joined us. They are…
MaryAnn Sorensen Allacci
Alexis Zangh
Sheela Kangal
Lorry Laby
Ian MacDonald
Ryan Finneran
Maya Shafir
Brian Squillace
Anitra Nelson
Courtney Cooper
Terry O’Keefe
Jesse Fineran
Tracy Mills
Thomas Cudjoe
Maria Tornqvist
Graham Hunter
Tim Hedberg
We are delighted that you have decided to join us. Welcome one and all from our CRN team.
Please take a moment to introduce yourselves, tell us where you live, your interests and what connects you to Cohousing and us. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
Cordially,
Neil - neil [at] swansway.com
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Founding resident - Swan's Market Cohousing (Oakland, CA) - http://www.swansway.com
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Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Neil Planchon, June 25 2018
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Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Anitra Nelson, June 25 2018
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Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Courtney, June 25 2018
- Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Anitra Nelson, June 25 2018
- Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Tim Hedberg, June 25 2018
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Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Courtney, June 25 2018
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Re: Welcoming 17 new folks to our Cohousing Research Network listserv! Anitra Nelson, June 25 2018
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