Thursday, October 3, 2013

Town Hall Forum #1

Pumpkins are showing up in Mesa Dunes!
All Residents of Mesa Dunes Invited!


Town Hall Forum #1
FOCUS: CONVERSION AND THE VALUE OF MY HOME
     "Together we know more than any one of us."
     
Monday, October 14th 5:30 pm 
in the LOWER Clubhouse 

This is a new kind of meeting about the conversion process ...

1,  There will be CHOCOLATE!

2.  For residents only … no owners or lawyers …  just us sharing our information, thoughts and concerns.

3.  No petitions, no hostility, no personal attacks.

4.  Focus will be on the specific facts affecting each of us individually.

5.  Time to talk, ask questions and get to know each other better.

Guest Speakers: To help deepen our understanding of the conversion process and how it affects each of us, we have invited two informed outsiders who have generously agreed to share their time and experience.  Thomas DeRosa and Rick Milanesa are partners in Hybrid Homes.  They have installed a lot of mobile homes in Mesa Dunes as well as other area parks.  They know the mobile home environment in the local area and the conversion process.

Announcement: Some additional protections for residents who decide to 
continue renting and incentives for residents who decide to purchase
their lots have been approved by the owner and will be explained.

Specific Examples:  Three brave souls will be invited to present the basics of their individual situations so that we can work through specifics in relationship to the facts of the conversion that have been presented by the owner.  Our guest speakers will help guide us through this process and we will use a worksheet that will be available to each of you. 

Town Hall Forum Schedule: (Please mark your calendar.)

October 19th, Saturday, 3 pm.  Focus:  What Happens If I Don't Buy My Lot? - Guest Speaker: Stephen Iverson, Realtor, Keller Williams, Long Beach, actively involved with after conversion sales in Windward Village. Stephen has a unique outsider's perspective on "life after conversion."

October 30th, Wednesday, 7 pm. Focus:  Will I Be Able to Get Financing? - Guest Speaker: Michael Fitzgibbons, Murphy Bank, who will help us understand the financing aspect of buying our lots.

NOTE:  To keep this meeting productive and BRIEF, the following topics will NOT be discussed:
-- the survey, since it's already done
-- the "residual" method of appraisal, since it won't be used.

PLEASE JOIN US … WE NEED YOU!  
We're all in this together …
 let’s inform ourselves
and work to protect everyone in our community.

Organized and funded by the Mesa Dunes Residents for a Collaborative Conversion, 
for more information, please contact Joyce Wycoff, jwycoff@me.com, 870-656-4141.