Month: October 2019

Regardless of what you may think about the impeachment process taking place in Washington, I promise that the impeachment process in your community is worse.   Florida law allows directors in both condominiums and homeowner associations to be removed from office without waiting for the results of the next election.  It’s called the recall process.…

Here we go……We are headed into election season.  It’s a little harder to run an election in a condo than in an HOA, but let’s give some tips to both types of communities. For a Condo If your condo docs call for a range of directors, for example no less than x or no more…

Last week we showed how it’s better to be the developer in an HOA instead of an owner.  Developers can maintain control over a community forever in some instances and don’t even have to provide warranties for anything they build.  Nice. We told you it gets worse and here’s why….. Under Florida law, a developer…

When it comes to Florida Statute 720, there’s no question that you would rather be the developer than the homeowner. At least The Florida Condominium Act has a drop-dead seven year deadline where the developer must turn over majority control of the Board of Directors to the unit owners.  If you’re an HOA however, here…

We all know that condo and HOA board members must get certified within ninety (90) days of getting on to their Board of Directors.  Unfortunately however, Florida law allows board members to get certified either by attending an educational course or by signing a ridiculous, silly, self-serving, nonsensical affidavit that says you read your governing…

Many of you that live in an HOA are learning or have already learned the hard way that pursuant to The Florida Marketable Record Title Act, your governing documents expire after thirty years if they are not properly preserved.  That’s right.  Suddenly, after 30 years,  you’re no longer living in a community that is governed…

So you ran for the Board because you were tired of the board members ignoring your requests to discuss certain issues at board meetings.  It gets better………..you won.  The only problem is that you’re still in the minority, as you and your friend only constitute 2 of the five seats.  As a result, nothing has…