Year: 2016

Each and every year, without fail, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is deluged with arbitration petitions filed against condominium associations, alleging that the association failed to properly conduct its elections.  Knowing some basic law can go a long way toward finding your association’s election under a legal attack.  Here are some of the…

Each and every year, without fail, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is deluged with arbitration petitions filed against condominium associations, alleging that the association failed to properly conduct its elections.  Knowing some basic law can go a long way toward finding your association’s election under a legal attack.  Here are some of the…

I always get lots of e-mails from people complaining that the Board is spending their monies wildly and out of control, for things they don’t want, don’t need and for which there was no mention in the association’s budget.   As we know, the Board must pass a budget to pay the association’s “common expenses.”…

As you all know by now, condo and HOA directors must get certified within one year prior to getting elected or appointed to the board or within 90 days of actually getting elected or appointed to the Board.  They can do so in one of two ways.  The first way is the chicken’s way out…

There’s plenty of talk this election season about water and energy conservation.  There’s even a proposed constitutional amendment in Florida which would guarantee the right to use solar power in your home.  Up until now, has Florida law encouraged us to conserve water, conserve energy or given any incentives to do either?  There are some…

Normally, when we talk about lawsuits in this blog, it’s between unit owners and their associations.  Not this week.  Today, learn about a lawsuit filed by the arbitrators that decide your cases against their employer, The Department of Business and Professional Regulation.  Read about what the DBPR did after getting sued.   Rather than reinvent…

Last year we blogged about a long awaited decision by The Florida Supreme Court regarding what a licensed community association can do, without being accused of practicing law without a license.  It bears repeating.  The Florida Bar tried hard to curtail what community association managers can do without a license to practice law, while the…

Well….. after eleven years, our luck ran out.  We finally rolled a seven.  We had a great run though.  Unfortunately, it’s now time to deal with the disaster and clean up the mess.  I can tell you one thing for sure and for certain.  Those associations that put away money for a rainy day will…

As we all know, a quorum of directors is necessary in order to have a valid meeting of the Board of Directors.  But, how is a quorum determined?  The first thing you need to do is look at your bylaws of the association and determine how many directors are required to serve on the Board.…

Tonight may prove to be the most watched debate in the history of politics.  People are going to tune in in record numbers, many of whom having never even voted in an election before. The amount of interest being generated  is amazing as everyone wants to hear what their candidate has to say, while hoping…