Hello
Welcome to yours2share's
February 2012 newsletter.
- Private syndicates
- French audio magazine subscription - special offer
- Property, yachting or horse newsletters
Private syndicates
Over the last six years I’ve seen many commercial attempts to make sharing or fractional ownership work,
particularly for boats and property. Very few are still in business. The time seems right for this,
but the commercial schemes, generally for two to six partners, have two fundamental flaws. They try to:
- find a solution that fits all, particularly allocating dates
- prevent the potential owners from meeting before the sale is made
Consider this scenario, a holiday homes’ company is selling quarter shares and has allocated each share every fourth week in rotation.
The first potential customers have school-age children and want three weeks together in peak season.
The next couple avoid travelling in school holidays but want 2-3 weeks in both May-June and September-October.
The next person is interested in a whole month at both the beginning and end of the year.
Hard on their heels are a couple who would like occasional dates throughout the year; they want to use the property at short notice if available.
None of these prospective buyers fits the fixed model. But if they sat down together,
I think there is sufficient compatibility to enable a deal to be done. I’m exaggerating, but you get the picture.
The second flaw is even bigger. I wouldn’t even contemplate buying a share without meeting the other buyers.
I’d want to be convinced that my fellow owners had similar values, that I could trust them and happily work matters out in future should something go wrong.
Is there an alternative? I think there is, but I haven’t seen anyone doing it yet.
I think I could offer a process where people register their interest and indicate their key requirements,
followed by matching and facilitation to introduce the potential partners, create a syndicate and manage it if required.
If you are selling holiday accommodation, boats, motorhomes or other big ticket items which could be owned and managed by a private syndicate, I'd be interested to speak to you.
Maybe together we could make it work.
French and Spanish audio magazines subscription -
special offer
Over Christmas I met up with my very old friend David Ralston who
co-founded the excellent Languages
Direct website:
heaven for everyone who loves languages.
Many yours2share members travel regularly to properties and boats in
Europe and want to maintain and improve their language skills:
we thought you’d like this special offer.
For the next 30 days, Languages Direct is offering yours2share
newsletter subscribers an exclusive discount
on a year's subscription to their bi-monthly audio magazines:
Bien-dire
and Punto
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of £99 for a six issue, one year subscription.
To claim your discount, follow the links to their site and just add the
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Some great ads on yours2share.
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my choice; good pictures are a key factor. |
 Bavaria 38, 1/3 Share,
Turkey & Greek Islands |
 2-3 partners wanted to build 4 bed
house,
Grenada, Caribbean |
 Four top class horses to share.
Private yard, Hook, Hampshire |
 Two partners wanted, Fairline
Phantom 46,
Algarve, Portugal |
 Lovely room to let, Monday to Friday,
Leyton, London |
 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40, 1/6th share,
Lefkas, Greece |
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