Jan 5, 2016 | 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,...
Dec 28, 2015 | 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...
Dec 9, 2015 | Board of Directors, Communication, Community, Community Manager, Law, Property Managers, Renters, Residents
A nuisance is generally defined as a person, thing or circumstance which causes inconvenience or annoyance. For some people living in shared ownership communities, there is no escaping a nuisance situation that has risen to a level which impacts the enjoyment of their...
Nov 23, 2015 | Budget, Communication, Community, Community Manager, Law, Payments, Property Managers, Renters, Residents
Question: My condominium association has no reserve funds for our roof. Every year at the annual meeting, the board asks the owners to waive the reserve funding and every year the owners vote to waive the reserves. Now we need a new roof for the building and the board...
Nov 18, 2015 | Community, Law, Residents
The Florida Legislature recently approved a new law which will allow community associations to conduct their elections online through the use of electronic voting. While associations in other states have had this ability for some time now, this is a sea change for the...
