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Florida Condo & HOA News · December 25, 2019 · 3 min read

CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PREVENT YOU FROM BRINING YOUR PROFESSIONAL TRAINER INTO THE COMMON AREA GYM OR TENNIS COURTS?

The question of whether or not you can bring your personal trainer on to the common elements in order to help train or teach you was answered by the 4th District Court of Appeals last week. In Charterhouse Associates, Ltd., Inc., v. Valencia Reserve Homeowners Association, Inc., here are the facts:…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · December 24, 2019 · 3 min read

PRACTICING YOUR RELIGION: ARE THERE LIMITS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

What a great time of year. The best actually. Everyone seems to be in the holiday spirit. You drive down the streets and people have beautifully decorated their homes. But what about the people that live in condos and HOAs? Are they allowed to do the same? In regard to condominiums, Florida Statute…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 11, 2019 · 2 min read

THE RIGHT TO VIDEO RECORD YOUR BOARD MEETING

Both the condo statute and the HOA statute grant owners the authority to record board meetings. The condo statute states: 718.112: The right to attend such meetings includes the right to speak at such meetings with reference to all designated agenda items. The division shall adopt reasonable rules…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 10, 2019 · 3 min read

DON’T LET SMALL ISSUES BECOME HUGE PROBLEMS

There is a great book out there called “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff.” As you can imagine, the book basically tries to convince you to take things in stride, nothing is ever as bad as it seems and sometimes learn to look the other way. This is a great way to live, but if you choose to live in a Florida…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 30, 2019 · 3 min read

THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS WORSE THAN WASHINGTON’S

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 28, 2019 · 2 min read

SOME REAL QUICK PRE-ELECTION TIPS

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 than y, the number is automatically 5.…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 18, 2019 · 5 min read

IT'S BETTER TO BE THE DEVELOPER IN AN HOA–PART 2

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 18, 2019 · 2 min read

IT'S BETTER TO BE THE DEVELOPER IN AN HOA-part 1

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 11, 2019 · 6 min read

THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO MANDATE CONDO AND HOA EDUCATION

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 9, 2019 · 3 min read

BIG CHANGES TO FLORIDA HOA LAW NO MORE EXCUSES FOR FAILING TO PRESERVE YOUR DOCUMENTS

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 30, 2019 · 2 min read

WHOSE AGENDA WILL BE PUT ON THE AGENDA?

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…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 24, 2019 · 3 min read

DUMBFOUNDING DIFFERENCES

Before you know it, The Florida Legislature will be in session. In terms of legislation for condominiums and homeowner associations, 2019 was a complete bust. There wasn’t a single change to Florida Statute 718 or 720. For reasons beyond my comprehension, there are differences between these two statutes…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 23, 2019 · 4 min read

TRANSFER FEES – WHY ALL THE CONFUSION?

Many of you are aware of an article in The Miami Herald last week about a class action settlement in Dade County due to overcharging people who want to move into the community for screening fees and background checks. As a result of that class action settlement, I thought it would be a good idea to re-print…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 8, 2019 · 1 min read

BIG CHANGES TO THE WAY HOAs AMEND THEIR GOVERNING DOCS INCLUDING THEIR RULES

As of July 1st, 2018 Florida HOA law was amended to mandate that HOAs amend their “governing documents” in the same manner as condominium associations. In general, words to be added to the original text must be presented to the owners underlined. Words to be deleted from the original text are to be…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 7, 2019 · 4 min read

CONFUSION REIGNS IN CONDOMINIUM ELECTIONS-PART 2

Remember the TV show Eight Is Enough? Apparently, that’s how The Florida Legislature feels about your right to serve on a condominium board of directors. Eight years in a row is enough. This does not mean however that if you already served eight years in a row on a condo board that you are precluded from…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 6, 2019 · 2 min read

CONFUSION REIGNS IN CONDOMINIUM ELECTIONS

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 4, 2019 · 3 min read

IMPORTANT NEW LANDSCAPING LAW

If you ever tried to remove a tree from your condo or HOA community, you know how difficult, expensive and impossible it can be. There are applications to fill-out, inspections to be made, fees to be paid and promises made to put a new tree back somewhere on the property or in the municipality. Well, thanks…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · August 27, 2019 · 4 min read

HURRICANE HEADACHES

Every year at this time we head into the peak of hurricane season hoping that “the big one” stays away for another year. In my 30 years now in South Florida there have been three or 4 named storms that wreaked some havoc on our communities in South Florida and even more on the west coast and in the…

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CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PREVENT YOU FROM BRINING YOUR PROFESSIONAL TRAINER INTO THE COMMON AREA GYM OR TENNIS COURTS?

PRACTICING YOUR RELIGION: ARE THERE LIMITS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION?

THE RIGHT TO VIDEO RECORD YOUR BOARD MEETING

DON’T LET SMALL ISSUES BECOME HUGE PROBLEMS

THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS WORSE THAN WASHINGTON’S

SOME REAL QUICK PRE-ELECTION TIPS

IT'S BETTER TO BE THE DEVELOPER IN AN HOA–PART 2

IT'S BETTER TO BE THE DEVELOPER IN AN HOA-part 1

THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO MANDATE CONDO AND HOA EDUCATION

BIG CHANGES TO FLORIDA HOA LAW NO MORE EXCUSES FOR FAILING TO PRESERVE YOUR DOCUMENTS

WHOSE AGENDA WILL BE PUT ON THE AGENDA?

DUMBFOUNDING DIFFERENCES

TRANSFER FEES – WHY ALL THE CONFUSION?

BIG CHANGES TO THE WAY HOAs AMEND THEIR GOVERNING DOCS INCLUDING THEIR RULES

CONFUSION REIGNS IN CONDOMINIUM ELECTIONS-PART 2

CONFUSION REIGNS IN CONDOMINIUM ELECTIONS

IMPORTANT NEW LANDSCAPING LAW

HURRICANE HEADACHES

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