Co-buying a house, the life-changing power of collaboration, and The Artist’s Way

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4-person homeownership as a critique of The Artist's Way

In the last month of the horrible year 2020, we bought our house—“we” includes myself, my husband Victor, and my housemates, Alanna and Josie. All four of us bought it together by splitting the downpayment and putting all four names on the title and mortgage. Buying a house with 3+ people is not new: people have owned homes with family members since time immemorial (or since the advent of private property).1 But buying a house with your friends is novel. When I tell people about this, there are three typical responses: Ah, what a smart investment. Wow, that sounds like my nightmare! Wow,…

Co-buying a house, the life-changing power of collaboration, and The Artist’s Way

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