Discover how you can customize your own 50% co-ownership plan with almost any freehold property around the corner or around the world. Keep your preferred season for yourself and sell the other season to a matched co-owner. We have the tools you need, the comprehensive marketing kit and the tenancy-in-common agreements from start to closing.  Good news for vacation home buyers! Simply put, we are a free link-up service that puts you in touch with the best and most knowledgeable real estate agents, that can help you buy a home or condominium in any state, province or country. Imagine being able to use only the season you want and then selling the other season(s) to help carry the costs of full ownership. It represents the perfect vacation lifestyle! It's designed for those who understand the benefits of owning half of something "great" versus 100% of something that's just "ok." It's time to live the dream! It's a very simple but rewarding concept that works well for those looking to enjoy ownership of a vacation home for 6 months of the year whether for full straight use, weekend use and vacation use. Here is how it works: We recommend you first purchase 100% ownership of the property (home or condo) with full deed and title through one of our affiliated real estate agents who will work with you to find a great property in your preferred destination. Then when you're ready (at your own pace) you'll have the option to sell 50% of your new vacation home to a suitable buyer ... at a price that you decide on, using our ready to use own half kit that includes all contracts and marketing materials. Since you have set up everything, furnished the unit and created the own half plan, you should add on half the cost of the furniture and half of all the expenses that you paid in advance for such things as the purchase of our own half kit and agreements that we have customized for you. Don't be shy about adding on 10% of the value of the property ... for the work you have done for putting the plan together. Your own half partner should recognize the benefits and rewards and agree that the 10% is well deserving to you and well worth it to them because without you and your efforts, this own plan and savings would not be available. Now they can save significantly for the purchase of their vacation property for their favourite 6 month season of choice in their favourite destination each year with family and friends. That's worth a lot to them! But they will also benefit from only paying the expenses for the time they use and have owner security of their property when they are not using it. They'll also realize the benefits of building equity while vacationing, rather than paying high rental rates when vacationing. You will in essence turn their dreams into reality by offering the own half plan to them. Now they can start building equity and memories that will last a life time. You'll be able to choose from well suited buyers that have the same objective as you do ... but for a different 6 months of use that you don't want to use anyway. Meanwhile they pay half the cost, half the mortgage (unless you arrange a mortgage free plan), the utilities, insurance, property taxes, and operating costs. It's the perfect situation for many people and for many obvious reasons.  It just makes sound economic sense.  It's also a smart way to add multiple properties to your portfolio.

    Why Real Estate Agents are important to buyers and sellers under the OWNHALF plan.

Handling your own sale means you'll be responsible for placing ads, the calls and showing your home to  strangers.

- A real estate agent has marketing systems in place for listing and selling homes.
- An agent will take the buyer through the home at scheduled times.
  An agent can sell, not just show
  the house.
- Agents are experienced in local markets and will help you determine proper selling prices.
- The agent will negotiate with the buyer on your behalf.
- The agent can find qualified buyers.
- An agent can offer advice on preparing the house for a faster sale, and sell for closer to the asking
  price.
- Buyers who know you are selling on your own, tend to offer you much less to equal the commission
  savings.
- Remember: a real estate agent probably knows a lot more about the business of selling a home than
  you do.
- Most agents also know about the half ownership advantage and can help you enter into a plan using
  our ownhalf template contracts. They can help you buy the right home under a deed and title and then
  help you turn it into a co-ownership (tenancy- in- common) and try to sell the other half for you.

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