Month: January 2015

Funny how things work sometimes.  Over the past 23 years, I have noticed an interesting pattern in Florida community associations.  When money is tight and foreclosures are soaring, associations are far less likely to engage in litigation.  Suddenly, nobody really cares what color someone painted their house or whether or not they have a pick-up…

I just researched why golfers often times yell the word “FORE” when they’re about to hit a golf ball.  It’s basically done as a warning to others to be on the lookout.  It’s also very appropriate to yell to people who own or who are looking to own in community associations that mandate golf course…

Over the last several years, the issue of delinquencies in our Florida community associations became worse and worse.  The more people didn’t pay, the more the good paying owners had to pay.  The more bank foreclosures, the less the association was receiving in badly needed revenue. The real solution to the problem was changing the…

Here we go.  It’s election time again in your community association.  Year after year, we see some of the same mistakes, so let’s just review some of the laws and rules the too often get violated and may wind up causing your election to be deemed invalid in your condominium association.   How many Board…