Month: December 2013

Each year at this time the New Year’s Resolutions start flying. We promise ourselves that from now on we will do this or that to make us act better, look better and feel better. By around the 10th of the month we’re no longer exercising, we go back to eating unhealthy and we’re still drinking.…

This week, I simply write to say that I thank each and every one of you for sharing your Monday mornings with me for another year.  It is truly an honor and a privilege to know that so many of you participate in reading our blog and enjoy posting your comments.  Please know that each…

We all know that in both a condo and an HOA board members serve without compensation.  Suppose however that a member of the Board owns a business and that business wants to enter into a contract with the association?  For example, let’s say the condominium needs a paint job.  The condo President is a general…

My what a difference a year makes.  This time last year, we had no idea how many HOAs there were in the State of Florida, unit owners weren’t allowed to use their cameras and cell phones to take pictures of the official records, exorbitant fees were being charged by some management companies for copies of…

HOA owners who never heard of Florida’s Marketable Record Title Act, better known as MRTA, better get to know this topic well.  To simplify what the Act stands for, it basically means that your governing documents in your homeowner’s association can literally expire and disappear after they have been recorded for thirty years.  The intent…