Plan & Build Consensus Section Review
In this section, you learned about the first stage of co-buying: planning and building consensus.
It's impossible to overstate the importance of getting on the same page. Everything that follows depends on the alignment between you and your co-buyer(s).
There are three main areas to plan and build consensus:
- Participation
- Property criteria
- Co-ownership basics
Achieving alignment requires research, open dialogue, and a degree of flexibility.
Use the CoBuy Wizard Worksheet to plan and build consensus with your co-buyers. We recommend that you complete the entire course before you start the worksheet. The following sections include information and context that you'll need to build informed consensus.
Matt Holmes (LinkedIn) is co-founder and CEO of CoBuy, formed in 2016 to unlock homeownership for everyone. Before hopping a flight to Seattle to start CoBuy with his mother, Matt worked in investment banking and financial markets in London for a decade. He holds degrees from University College London (BSc Economics) and ESCP Business School (Masters, London & Turin).
Pam Hughes (LinkedIn) is Co-founder and COO at CoBuy. She has over 40 years of experience across finance, real estate, insurance, and construction. Pam has committed to personal empowerment through financial education for decades, which inspired her to start CoBuy with her son in 2016. She's best friends with a small dog known as Francis.