KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
November 11, 2016
Remember, for most of you
buying a home is the biggest investment in your life. Shouldn’t
you know how to protect your investment by knowing the laws and
rules governing the community you invest in?
I think that many owners
still think that only board members should attend these
seminars. I think that’s absolutely wrong. How can you protect
your investment if you don’t know what’s right or wrong – or how
the board should manage your association?
Each year many
associations waste a lot of funds caused by the incompetence of
board member and management. An association is a business – and
it has to be run as such. If the board mismanages the business,
all owners have to pay for the mistakes.
In order to prevent the
board and management to make costly mistakes, all owners should
monitor their actions. But how can you monitor the association
business if you don’t have a basic idea how the association
should be managed?
Knowledge is power – and attending these seminars gives you the
knowledge to watch out for your investment.
Seminars are free – and it’s fun. If you
haven’t registered for the Condo Craze Board Certification Class
on November 15th, 2016 at 7:00 pm (Check-in at 6:00pm) at the
Hard Rock in Hollywood, please click on the link below and
register. There are still a few seats available.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
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