Month: August 2016

I really wish I didn’t have to write this particular blog this week.  It’s about another HOA President who helped herself to the association’s funds when she thought she wouldn’t get caught.  And if not for the hard work of a particular resident of the community, she might have been right.   Three years after…

Each year I love to write about how Labor Day should apply to everyone, especially to those people who voluntarily serve as officers and directors in our Florida community associations. If anyone deserves a day of recognition and a day to sit back, kick off their shoes and soak in the sun, it’s these underappreciated…

Lots of associations have the right to screen and reject proposed renters of homes and units in their communities.  I previously blogged about a new Dade and Broward ordinance that forces associations to act quick when purchasers or renters file an application with the association.  The association has 15 days to tell the applicant that…

Let’s narrow the issues right off the bat.  You only need to keep reading if your building is 75 feet or more in height, measured from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access to the floor level of the highest occupiable story.  If your condominium does not fit into this category, if you already…