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On co-buying, healthy homes, community-centered living, and making ownership possible in Massachusetts.

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Property Snapshot On market

547-549 Dudley St, Roxbury

A 2-family with ground-floor commercial space in Roxbury. $1,011/mo per person, $28,333 down each, $200 below comparable rent, with a church as the current commercial tenant.

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Property Snapshot On market

10.5 & 12 Cherry St, Westfield

Five one-bedroom units across two buildings. $524/mo per person, $11,300 down each — $876 below comparable Westfield rent. The full breakdown, unit by unit.

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Research 7 min read

Can Boston City Employees Afford to Own in Boston?

City employees have to live in Boston, but salaries don't match home prices. Every neighborhood, four salary tiers, three down payments — solo and split three ways.

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Research 6 min read

Where You Can Co-Buy at Different AMIs in Greater Boston

60% AMI is $1,680 a month. In Boston that's $5,570 alone, $1,392 split four ways. Every town in Greater Boston, priced solo and with co-buyers.

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Affordability Live data

Buy vs Rent Explorer: Greater Boston

Where does buying actually beat renting, per bedroom? Explore live, town-by-town data across Greater Boston with interactive maps and cost trend charts.

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Co-Ownership 4 min read

Introduction to Idealia

What if the answer to our housing crisis is simply a change of perspective? Meet Idealia — a new voice exploring what Restored Living really means.

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Community 4 min read

Idealia II: Why Community Living

Since Covid, isolation has quietly become the default. Idealia on why we're wired for connection, not independence, and what co-buying restores.

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Affordability 5 min read

The Financial Case for Co-Buying a Home in Massachusetts

Co-buying cuts your down payment by up to 75% and brings monthly costs below rent — while building equity every month. Here's the full breakdown.

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Community 4 min read

Why Community-Centered Housing Is the Future

The loneliness epidemic is structural, not personal. Single-family zoning built isolation into the market. Co-buying offers a real alternative.

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Case Study 8 min read

Seven Friends. One Building. A Stepping Stone to Eight Figures of Equity.

Seven college friends buy a 7-bedroom two-family near the Somerville GLX. $34,000 each in. $105,100 each out. Here's the full eight-year model.

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Case Study 6 min read

Accessing a High-End Neighborhood while creating instant Equity

Two couples co-buy a duplex on a quiet Arlington street — each unit fully private, purchase price split, and instant equity from day one. A real deal, fully modeled.

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Approach 8 min read

The Village Was Always the Answer

For most of human history, no one bought a house alone. We didn't lose the village by accident — we were sold something different. Here's the full arc, and why co-buying is just going back to basics.

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Affordability 6 min read

Why You Keep Renewing Your Lease

You renewed on autopilot. Most people do. But every year you rent, someone else is collecting the two biggest financial advantages in real estate. Here's what that's actually costing you.

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