Board of Directors, Community, Community Manager, Residents
Question: My condominium association board is looking at ways to address owner assessment delinquency. We are interested in suspending use rights and voting rights. Our board does not meet frequently, and we do not want the additional administrative hassle of holding...
Community Manager, Property Managers
Some things are meant to go together. Peanut butter and jelly. Cookies and milk. In the property management world, having online payment options for your residents is a good thing. But when paired with other services, like resident billing, the results can go from...
Board of Directors, Community, Community Manager
Question: I live in a condominium association and serve on the board. Our property manager recently received a letter from an owner with a list of over twenty questions concerning the operations of the association. The letter was sent via certified mail. Are we...
Community Manager, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents
Question: I live in a 55 and over community and the board of directors for our association is considering a policy that would allow under-aged occupants to live in a community under certain circumstances. Would such a policy threaten the community status as a 55 and...
Community Manager, Property Managers
Being in the property management industry, you probably work with several vendors. But my guess is that you have very few partners working on your behalf. What is the difference? And why is a partner better than a vendor? Vendors deliver only the service they are...
Community Manager, Property Managers
Whether you are managing a small apartment community in rural America, or one of the industry’s largest assets, people’s expectations are basically the same. They want a quality place to live, that’s a good value for their money, and managed by friendly and reliable...
Community, Q&A, Renters, Residents
Question: Before I purchased my condominium unit, my association amended its governing documents to state “an owner may lease or rent his apartment only once during the period of his ownership”. I now work several hours away, which has created a burden, and I need to...
Board of Directors, Communication, Community, Community Manager, Law, Property Managers, Renters, Residents
Question: There are 10 homes in our community. The declaration of covenants provides that it can be amended by a majority of the voting interests. It also provides that homes 1 through 9 each get one vote and home 10 gets 10 votes. An amendment is approved 10 to 9,...
Community, Law, Residents
Before You Sue Your HOA—or Your HOA Sues You! As you may already know, before certain suits may be filed by an HOA against one of its residents, by a resident against his or her HOA, or between two residents in an HOA, the parties must first take part in a pre-suit...
