Month: July 2019

Dominic Devoted has been the President of Broken and Bruised Condo for as long as he cares to remember. He longs for Labor Day because he knows that even the condo trouble makers understand what Labor Day stands for. Even they know not to bother him on what should be the holiest of holy days…

Maybe it’s the media’s fault, talk radio, reality TV, our medications, our upbringing or a simple degradation of how we feel and respect each other, but it seems that pure debate has been replaced with vulgarities, interruptions and even threats, both physical and verbal. One of the worst inventions in terms of human behavior is…

  I was involved this week in yet another situation where an association’s money was stolen by their management company.  Literally take out of their account by a management company employee and diverted to his own.  He was bright enough to create an elaborate system that made it appear legitimate bills were getting paid, but…

I just got back from New York and New Jersey. My sister bought a beautiful condo in Jersey and I went to visit. She showed me around the community.  Her specific condo building was in fantastic shape.  Carpets in the hallway looked great.  Walls looked good.  Handsome to say the least. We then went to…

The HOA statute does do one thing right.  It requires the parties to a dispute to submit that dispute to an arbitrator before going to court.  Florida Statute 718.311 states:   (2)(a) Disputes between an association and a parcel owner regarding use of or changes to the parcel or the common areas and other covenant enforcement…

It’s the end of the summer.  Millions of kids across our state have to suck it up and return to school.  And if the kids have to endure school for the next ten months, all of you can endure a measly three hours.  I’m talking of course about Condo and HOA Board Certification and Legal…

  In Iezzi Family Limited Partnership, v. Edgewater Beach Owners Association, Inc., the owner of a condominium unit filed a 27-count complaint against the condominium’s Association and seven current or former directors or officers of the Association, seeking both equitable and legal relief. The trial court dismissed Iezzi’s action, finding that its claims were derivative…

Many of you live in condominiums that have a “Master Association.”  But what is a Master Association?  Is it a condominium association?  Is it a homeowner’s association?  Is it neither?  This question was recently addressed by the Third District Court of Appeal in  Dimitri v. Commercial Center of Miami  Master Association, Inc.   Commercial Center…

Do you believe that your real estate taxes too high?  Why not appeal your tax bill as a group?  Under Florida Law, a condominium association can file a property tax appeal petition on behalf of all of the unit owners in the condominium.   Once a petition is filed, the Value Adjustment Board sets the case…