SCREENING
NEW OWNERS AND/OR TENANTS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 16, 2013
Be
careful what you wish for! One can fill a whole book with
stories from associations that lost their shirts in lawsuits
over denying an applicant – be it a ...
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OWNER
OCCUPIED PREFERRED
By
Darlys Walker
Published
August 14, 2013
One
of the most common complaints heard in a Condominium or HOA
community is just how little respect the "RENTERS"
have for maintaining and...
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SCREENING,
REJECTING APPROVING
AND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published
August 13, 2013
The
condo and HOA world is cyclical.
I once heard a fellow attorney say that in good times we
close, and in bad times we foreclose.
Now that foreclosures are...
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RECORD
REQUESTS -- MADE LESS EXPENSIVE?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 9, 2013
Record
requests have always been a hot topic – especially looking at
sometimes outrageous amounts associations and/or managers wanted
to charge for the ...
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Name the Time and Place
By
Darlys Walker
Published
August 7, 2013
Kudos
to everyone who worked so diligently on getting the laws changed
so that there won't be charges for using your own technology to
copy records of your ...
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NEVER
GO BROKE ASKING FOR RECORDS AGAIN
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published
August 5, 2013
As
our blog readers know, we worked real hard this year getting
legislation passed that prevents owners from getting gouged when
getting copies of the...
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VOLUNTARY MEANS VOLUNTARY – NOT
MANDATORY!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 2, 2013
I
always wonder why certain people don’t want to understand the
big difference between the words “VOLUNTARY”
and “MANDATORY”
– what’s so...
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Out
of the Mouth of Babes
By
Darlys
Walker
Published
July 31, 2013
This
week’s blog has been my most difficult topic to address to
date. In the past two years or so, it is the only topic I can
remember that sparked so many ...
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OBSERVATIONS
ABOUT RACE RELATIONS A LONG WAY FROM HOME
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published
July 29, 2013
I’m
writing this column from about 36,000 feet in the air after
finishing a vacation of a lifetime. Me, my wife, my daughter, my son, my mom and
...
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An Association is a Business – NOT a
Social Club!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
July 26, 2013
Many
long-term board members will tell you that being a board member
is serious business – with the money of all neighbors at
stake. There are many...
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Open
for Interpretation
By
Darlys
Walker
Published
July 24, 2013
Reading
and understanding your community bylaws is without a doubt the
most important action a prospective Board Member can undertake
once they have ...
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To
be or not to be….Board Membership, that is the Question!
By
Guest Blogger Pennie Mays, Esq. (Glazer and Associates, P.A.)
Published
July 22, 2013
At
some point in time, especially those of us who are members of
any type of association, dream of being in charge, running it
the way we see fit, and making ...
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY – A BLESSING FOR ASSOCIATIONS IF
USED CORRECTLY?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
July 19, 2013
Computer
technology – used correctly – can be a huge help for
associations and owners. I’m
not talking about the so-called “social websites” like
Facebook ...
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Dirty
Laundry
By
Darlys
Walker
Published
July 17, 2013
We
have all become accustomed to the immediate gratification we get
using our ever advancing technology. We can search for a person,
get directions, find ...
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