COBUY SUCCESS STORY: Sisters Buy & Sell their First Home Together

Sisters Tara and Natasha were looking to buy their first home. Once I had my initial buyer meeting with them and got their criteria, I realized that they were good candidates for CoBuy–an exciting new company with an online platform that makes it easier to buy a home with one or more other people–be it friends, family members, or both. They were pooling resources and were young and single, so I knew that they probably had life changes in their future.

So I referred them to CoBuy, and they went to work on helping the sisters formulate plans for how future changes in their lives would affect their property ownership and how to move forward. I was happy to have them help with those details because that allowed me to focus on the home search, inspections, and transaction details.

Before I was connected with CoBuy, I’d helped parties buying together and found that I didn’t have the resources that they really needed, such as CoBuy friendly lenders, and attorneys.

I went to work on their home search and found a duplex in Upper Rainier Beach that offered them separate spaces but allowed them the opportunity to socialize if they wanted. The house had been on the market for 12 days, but as luck would have it, they received multiple offers, so we ended up competing.

I advised Tara and Natasha to have a pre-inspection done to strengthen their offer, which was accepted, and they got the house. First, they made some systems upgrades and remodeling before moving in. Then they moved in and were enjoying their new home. In less than a year, Natasha landed a job out of town and needed to move. Fortunately, they worked with CoBuy and had a plan for this scenario.