Sharing a lakehouse

[Mink Islander]

Isn't the fear of a JV symptomatic of how our culture has changed? Have we become so cynical and self centered that we don't believe we can find compromise, even with people we already know well? Small wonder our government is so screwed up....

[kauriel]

Sharing ownership can be difficult when it comes to expenses, use, etc. but it does work for some... at least some of the time. The issue is that even if you agree upon terms you never know when people or circumstances might change so there is a bit of a gamble involved in that.

If you decide not to buy you may want to look into long-term rentals. We can't get up to our place very often so we are always looking for people to rent it for weeks, months, etc. Let me know if you are interested in renting because we have lots of availability, especially from Sept to May

[Belmont Resident]

Originally Posted by Mink Islander

Isn't the fear of a JV symptomatic of how our culture has changed? Have we become so cynical and self centered that we don't believe we can find compromise, even with people we already know well? Small wonder our government is so screwed up....

I do not believe your are correct at all or that your point applies here.
First of all I do not think any of the comments made so far have anything to do with being self centered. In a lot of cases family and friends automatically expect more for less and have much higher expectations of what they should get for what they pay.
I have seen this happen all to often and have been part of it when working for friends. But not family.
Unless you have been in a business that provides a service and you have involved family and friends you would not have any idea of what could and in many cases does happen.
And how can you compare a situation like this to government.