Marketplace
The following pages and articles on this website are also tagged "Marketplace":
April 23, 2008
Dear Prospective (or Current) Advertiser,
The Cohousing Website is no longer accepting new Display Ads. We will continue to serve our existing Display Ad customers through the end of our commitments.
The rapidly expanding Classified Ads will soon offer new placement options that are similar to Display Ads - as the placements will provide the Ad headlines with much higher levels of exposure. Please keep an eye out for info coming soon.
Thanks,
Craig Ragland
Coho/US Executive Director
Email: craig [at] cohousing [dot] org
Phone: 425-487-3550Thank you for your interest in the Classified Ads on the Cohousing Website, the most heavily-used cohousing website in the world. Coho/US provides this service as a cost-effective way to help cohousers (and future cohousers), and Cohousing Professionals as they Join Forming Groups, Buy, Sell or Rent a Cohousing Home, Promote Events, Offer Services and more!
Include a brief description of what Marketplace IS, with links to selected areas, if needed. I would suggest we also use this page to talk about changes that have occurred, such as a new book being added to the store, etc.
How do we use the power of the marketplace to grow the cohousing movement and industry?
Many cohousers get money... We know how to make it, how to spend it, and how to invest in creating for ourselves, our families, and our communities. We are more than simple consumers who's only "choice" is what to buy.
Any household leaving the community can legally sell its property to anyone it chooses, except in a few cohousing communities in the U.S. that are structured as cooperatives. Some groups maintain a “right of first refusal,” which means that the seller must offer his or her home for purchase by the community or to an individual or individuals within the community before putting it on the open market. In other communities, residents sign a voluntary agreement that they will not lease or sell their house to a person or persons who do not wish to participate fully in the community.
The CD of Katie McCamant’s webinar last December on financing cohousing has been produced and ready for those who attended the webinar to order. The price for the Webinar CD is half price for those who registered for the webinar: $24.99 including shipping. The half price sale for attendees is only in effect until April 12, 2008. After that date, the CD will be available to everyone at its regular price.
The presentation is just over an hour and a half*. It is a Quicktime** movie of the full webinar with the complete Powerpoint presentation and the full audio recording of the talk by Katie given on December 3rd, 2007.
To order the CD, click here. It's possible to order more than one copy at that special price, but to do so you need to place an additional order (completing the order form again) for each additional copy.
The order will be transmitted to the fulfillment company and you will receive a confirming email from that company. You should receive the CD via first class mail within two weeks for addresses within the United States. Allow up to three weeks for International addresses.
About the Webinar
In her presentation on "Financing Cohousing," Katie McCamant discussed in detail:
- What it costs
- Financing the Development Costs
- Raising the Money
- Affordability.
This was followed by questions from the audience which she answered.
The webinar was very well received by those who attended. Some 88 percent of the audience answered that they were absolutely or very likely to recommend the webinar to others. Two-thirds of them said they intended to attend future webinars presented by Coho/US.
To order the CD, click here
* Katie's actual presentation begins after 5:41 minutes of introductory material. You can skip over that introduction to the beginning of the actual presentation.** Quicktime is a free video player for both the PC and Mac computers available from Apple here: www.apple.com/quicktime/. More information about the Quicktime player is available at that link.
Turnover tends to be very low in built cohousing communities. The vast majority of people who sell their homes do so because their life circumstances change, not because cohousing doesn't work for them. Visit the cohousing Marketplace to locate existing units for sale or rent, as well as developing groups seeking new members. Find links to community websites using the Community Directory.
The CD of Katie McCamant’s webinar last December on financing cohousing has been produced and ready for your order.
The presentation is just over an hour and a half. It is a Quicktime* movie of the full webinar with the complete Powerpoint presentation and the full audio recording of the talk by Katie given on December 3rd, 2007.
The price for the Webinar CD is $49.99 including shipping and handling.
To order the CD, click here. It's possible to order more than one copy, but to do so you need to place an additional order (completing the order form again) for each additional copy.
