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Ah………………..the first week of July is approaching.  Our thoughts turn to backyard bar-b-cues, baseball, fireworks and if you live in a Florida community association, lots and lots of fights over how, when and where to fly the flag.  It seems like each year we hear and read about so many battles between patriotic homeowners who…

There is a huge debate going on about whether or not a “no pet” community association can actually remain “pet-free” simply because the governing documents say that it is.  Despite the fact that so many communities have language in their governing documents that specifically prohibit owners or renters from having a pet, pet owners have…

There is a huge debate going on about whether or not a “no pet” community association can actually remain “pet-free” simply because the governing documents say that it is.  Despite the fact that so many communities have language in their governing documents that specifically prohibit owners or renters from having a pet, pet owners have…

Ah………………..the first week of July is approaching.  Our thoughts turn to backyard bar-b-cues, baseball, fireworks and if you live in a Florida community association, lots and lots of fights over how, when and where to fly the flag.  It seems like each year we hear and read about so many battles between patriotic homeowners who…

It’s been a while since I felt strong about a particular political candidate.  The two party system has simply destroyed the opportunity for any candidate to do anything other than toe his party’s platform.  If he or she deviates from the platform, the party casts them to the wind until another robot comes along and…

As we know all too well now, it’s an election year.  The commercials and the propaganda have already started and no doubt it will get more and more annoying as November gets closer.  To get elected, candidates will be making promises by the boat load.  Indeed, on yesterday’s Condo Craze and HOAs show, Randy Johnson,…

I have often been asked if an association has the right to prevent an owner from smoking in their unit.  Certainly, all of you are aware that the association can prevent a unit owner’s behavior from becoming a nuisance or source of annoyance to other unit owners.  Every declaration contains a nuisance provision.  If the…

The Florida Condominium Act mandates that the developer provide warranties to the association regarding the common elements, even in those communities that are converted from rental housing to condominiums.  The HOA statute however never provided similar protection to homeowner associations and the law was unclear as to whether or not a developer gave an implied…

First thing first….I honor all those who served our country on this Memorial Day and thank them for their service.  I always am amazed about how many former service men and women serve on association boards after their service to this country is completed.  In fact, one former pilot recently told me at one of…

Last week’s column about what sort of relationships may constitute a family, sure drew the ire of some of our readers.  People were outraged that their association was able to determine who can and who cannot live in or occupy a home that they own.  Some of you thought that just because you move into…