Comments on: Cohousing Investment Properties: The Next Boomer Wave? http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave Property Investment around the World - Buying Investment Properties Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eris Weaver http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave#comment-20715 Eris Weaver Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:37:35 +0000 http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=2070#comment-20715 Readers interested in more information about cohousing - including a directory of existing and forming communities around the country - can check out the Cohousing Association of the US website at http://www.cohousing.org. Readers interested in more information about cohousing – including a directory of existing and forming communities around the country – can check out the Cohousing Association of the US website at http://www.cohousing.org.

]]> By: pgrundy http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave#comment-20620 pgrundy Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:15:53 +0000 http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=2070#comment-20620 Me too! I think it's a great trend. Thanks for your comment. Me too! I think it’s a great trend. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Jide Afolabi http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave#comment-20590 Jide Afolabi Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:27:31 +0000 http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=2070#comment-20590 What is really amazing is the cohousing fever is getting around the world I am trying to attempt a cohousing project in West Africa we are currently forming the core nucleus now with Five commited members we are looking at buying 100 acres of land develop a cohousing community of 100 families in a cluster on 20 acres use the restof the land for sustainable agriculture vegetable gardening poultry fruits for our consumption but also for sale on commercial level.Indeed i am very excited to be pioneer in this continent. i am very encouraged from what i see the developed world doing. What is really amazing is the cohousing fever is getting around the world I am trying to attempt a cohousing project in West Africa we are currently forming the core nucleus now with Five commited members we are looking at buying 100 acres of land develop a cohousing community of 100 families in a cluster on 20 acres use the restof the land for sustainable agriculture vegetable gardening poultry fruits for our consumption but also for sale on commercial level.Indeed i am very excited to be pioneer in this continent. i am very encouraged from what i see the developed world doing.

]]> By: pgrundy http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave#comment-20452 pgrundy Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:53 +0000 http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=2070#comment-20452 Ann, I agree. I really want to see this take off for other reasons as well. Cohousing could be a really good way into rehabilitating cities, improving urban quality of life, and reducing carbon emissions. I can see cohousing communities springing up around small cottage industries as the economy changes, somewhat like the guilds of the Middle Ages. In fact, as you point out, since cohousing investors are stakeholders and are 'in' at the planning stage, these communities can be arranged around any theme a group of like minded people desire. I think foreign investors should take the trend very seriously indeed, and I hope they do! Thank you for your comment. Ann, I agree. I really want to see this take off for other reasons as well. Cohousing could be a really good way into rehabilitating cities, improving urban quality of life, and reducing carbon emissions. I can see cohousing communities springing up around small cottage industries as the economy changes, somewhat like the guilds of the Middle Ages. In fact, as you point out, since cohousing investors are stakeholders and are ‘in’ at the planning stage, these communities can be arranged around any theme a group of like minded people desire. I think foreign investors should take the trend very seriously indeed, and I hope they do! Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: Ann Zabaldo http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/cohousing-investment-properties-the-next-boomer-wave#comment-20443 Ann Zabaldo Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:27:57 +0000 http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=2070#comment-20443 Hello! Cohousing communities are, indeed, a "good" risk for the investor or developer because the future residents are involved from the beginning including investing their own money. They are stakeholders w/ the professionals. And because they have funds invested, they have a say in the physical design and grow the group themselves ... they are far less likely to walk away from a project. They have money and themselves invested in the project's success. In these troubled times, I think we'll see a lot more of this shared risk, shared responsibility and shared reward between seller and buyer. Collaboration not conflict is the new black. Ann Z. cohousingcollaborative.com Hello!

Cohousing communities are, indeed, a “good” risk for the investor or developer because the future residents are involved from the beginning including investing their own money. They are stakeholders w/ the professionals. And because they have funds invested, they have a say in the physical design and grow the group themselves … they are far less likely to walk away from a project. They have money and themselves invested in the project’s success.

In these troubled times, I think we’ll see a lot more of this shared risk, shared responsibility and shared reward between seller and buyer. Collaboration not conflict is the new black.

Ann Z.
cohousingcollaborative.com

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