Newsletter Archive


2012:

12/1/26-  A New Breed of Liars -   HOA and Condo Liars, Cheats, Walk Aways, Scammers, etc. - Oh My!

2011:

11/12/20- Conflicts of Interest - What's Cool? What's Not?

11/11/29- Transfer Fees, Disclosures On Sale of HOA Properties - What's New In 2011?

11/11/4- Directors Acting Badly - What is a Board Able To Do About It? Read on ...

11/10/5- Are HOAs and CONDOs Allowed to do Business by EMAIL?

11/8/23 -  Are HOAs and Condos Required to have Electric Car Charging Stations??

11/7/30-  How Will New Law Affect  Rental Restrictions in California?

11/6/30-  No Smoking in the Complex?

11/5/31-  Strategies for Amending and Restating Government Documents

11/4/5-  Owners Don't Like Nasty Surprises

11/3/8 -  Who Fixes What in a HOA?

11/2/8 -  Are Members Entitled to the Email List?

11/1/12 - What Do You Need To Sharpen Your SAW in 2011?

2010:

10/12/12 - Holiday Parties for Board Members -  Are There Limits?

10/11/28 - Clubhouse Use - Reservation and Rental - What's Important

10/10/28 - Why Do Boards Hide? What Happens When They Do? Transparency Doesn't Bite!

10/9/14 - Why Involve the Community in Emotional Issues?

10/8/17 -  What May an HOA Charge??

10/7/30 -  SHORT SALES - Straight Thinking

10/6/29 - EMAIL - Use an Abuse - Pros and Pitfalls

10/5/25 - "New Areas of Potential Board Liability to Consider -  What Do Lease Limitations and  FHA Certification Have in Common?

10/4/20 - "Rent Skimming" After A Foreclosure Sale ... Why think twice about it?

10/3/22 - IDR ... ADR ... Enforcement - Which comes first, The Chicken or the Egg?

10/2/28 - What's Happening with Condo Loans - Is Financing in Serious Jeopardy?

10/1/20 - Who Fixes What in an HOA or Condo? How Do You Figure it Out?

2009:

09/12/22 - 5 Year Statute of Limitations on Enforcement of HOA Violations ...  How true to time is it?

09/11/17 - Get the Jump on 2010 - WHAT'S NEW IN THE DAVIS STIRLING ACT?

09/10/20 - BULLIES - WHAT UP? ...

09/09/20 - Is Your HOA Pool Obsolete? Costly? A Liability?

09/08/19 - PARKING Etc. - WHAT RULES ARE RIGHT and REASONABLE?

09/07/23 - Dealing with Difficult People

09/06/16 - What is Due Process?

09/05/27 - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS OF ASSESSMENT COLLECTION (and more on "Fiduciary Duty")

09/04/14 - THE ADA, INVITEES, AND PUBLIC USE OF HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FACILITIES ­ What Do You Need to Know To Stay Out of Trouble?

09/03/10 - Collections Etc., What is Working in Today's World?

09/02/17 - What Are HOA Lawyers Saying About Solar Installations In HOA

09/01/14 - Maintenance, Repair and Replacement and Other Considerations in 2009... Tough Choices for HOA Boards ­ Is Tough Love in Order?

2008:

08/12/11 - Brief Briefing on Some 2008 Cases of Interest"

08/11/6- HOA "Foreclosure Recovery Bill"

08/10/15 - Board Maintenance Decisions After Ritter vs. Churchill Condominium Association

08-9-11 - Pending Legislation on Rrental Amendments and Payment Plans ­ and a Scary New Case Decision on HOA Judgement About Maintenance - WATCH OUT FOR THESE!

08/8/20 - More on Coping with abandoned and difficult properties

08/7/19 - Abandoned Property - Dead Landscape - What are the Options?

08/6/19 - Rental Restrictions - Are they Legal?

08/5/27 - HOA Transfer Fees, What Charges Are Legal, Proper and Acceptable?

08/4/21 - Managers - Do You Think Being "Indemnified" Delivers You From All Evil? Think Again!

08/3/21 - HOA Elections - Candidates - Voting - Good Standing Issues

08/2/21 - Very Large Special Assessments in Very Trying Times

08/1/16 - It's Time to "Sharpen the Saw"

2007:

07/12/7 - T'is the Season - Help Owners Figure Out What They Can Do -

07/11/15 - Agendas Play An Important Role in Board Meetings After January 1, 2008.

07/10/25 - Elections/Elections Rules

07/09/29 - In the Event of An EQ Are You Willing to Walk Away From Your Home & Lose Your Investment?

07/08/30 - Most Common Mistakes in Approving Contracts

07/07/25 - HOA Transfer Fees





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