Month: April 2018

Let’s assume that a storm has just damaged your condominium.  Of course, the board has the authority to start making repairs to the common elements.  But can a unit owner beging making repairs to their damaged unit with no questions asked? Florida Statute 718.111 states: A unit owner may undertake reconstruction work on portions of…

So you did your job as a director and you made sure to purchase insurance for the association.  So what is actually insured?  Florida Statute 718.111 says:   f) Every property insurance policy issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2009, for the purpose of protecting the condominium must provide primary coverage for: 1. All portions…

Hurricane season starts June 1st.  If you haven’t ensured that the association property is properly insured, you better get busy.  And fast.  Let’s go over what the condo statute says about a board’s obligation to insure the condominium property.   Florida Statute 718.111(11) states: (a) Adequate property insurance, regardless of any requirement in the declaration of…

I write this blog the day after I did my last seminar of the season.  Starting from about September to now, I’ve taught all over the state in so many wonderful cities and venues.  At all of these seminars there’s always talk about apathy in our communities.  Nobody cares.  Nobody shows up to meetings.  Nobody…

There’s a pretty good chance that if you’re reading this blog, at one time or another you came in contact with a courtroom. If you lost your case, the experience may have felt awful. If you won your case after litigating for years and years the experience may have been worse. In any event, of…

There’s a pretty good chance that if you’re reading this blog, at one time or another you came in contact with a courtroom.  If you lost your case, the experience may have felt awful.  If you won your case after litigating for years and years the experience may have been worse. In any event, of…

All of you know how terrible the condo and HOA statutes are in terms of the association’s ability to collect unpaid assessments when a bank forecloses on a unit or home.  If the bank gets back a unit in foreclosure, they owe the association the lesser of 1% of the mortgage or 1 year of…