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Written by Eric M. Glazer · Florida attorney
It appears as if the foreclosure crisis is coming to a close. You made it through. You survived. You were one of the few that paid the mortgage payments each month, paid your taxes, paid your assessments, paid your insurance and you were nothing short of a model unit owner. Sorry…….you still have to go.…
Read: JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SAFE → Many of you heard the Condo Craze show a few weeks ago concerning the Mainlands VII HOA in Tamarac, where a President was arrested for stealing over $180,000.00 from her association. Earlier in the week, I appeared on the local news regarding yet another President allegedly taking tens of thousands of…
Read: IS ASSOCIATION CRIME ON THE RISE? → It’s Labor Day and condo President Esa Nomyjob, has the day off from work. She gets to stay home from work and simply enjoy all the wonderful amenities her condo has to offer. It’s well deserved. The day starts off though with a call from Willie Winer, that the upstairs neighbor has apparently let the…
Read: A LABOR DAY STORY – TRUTH OR FICTION? → Many of you have seen outgoing board members sign long term contracts with a vendor just before getting off the Board. Often times, these contracts were executed by a single board member without any vote of the board whatsoever. The question is……is the contract still an obligation of the association even…
Read: CAN ONE RENEGADE BOARD MEMBER BIND THE ENTIRE BOARD? → It’s officially hurricane season here in Florida. Pretty soon, the media will be trying to scare the bejesus out of us the minute a single cloud rolls off of Africa’s west coast. We all know how lucky we’ve been for close to a decade now, but one day our luck will again run out. Imagine for a moment that…
Read: WHEN YOUR BELONGINGS AND YOUR DOCS GO OUT THE WINDOW → As many of you already know, just because your next election is far off into the future, this doesn’t mean that in the interim, the current board members can’t be removed from office. The “recall” process is a procedure that can be used in both condominiums and HOAs. In simple terms, a majority of the…
Read: RECALL PITFALLS → KAREN: GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME BACK TO CONDO CRAZE AND HOAS HERE ON 850 WFTL. I’M KAREN CURTIS, AND I’M HERE AGAIN TODAY, AS WE ARE EACH SUNDAY AT NOON, WITH ATTORNEYS ERIC GLAZER AND SCOTT SHAPIRO FROM GLAZER AND ASSOCIATES, P.A. A LAW FIRM PRACTICING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.…
Read: CONDO CRAZE AND HOAS - WEEK 223 → Iremember as a kid when Century Village was being built and Red Buttons was all over the TV in New York telling everyone why they need to retire to one of the fine “adult only” communities that are being built in South Florida. Dare I say it, but in a couple of more birthdays, I’m eligible to move in. So,…
Read: 55 AND OVER COMMUNITIES – A PRIMER → Although you may not know it, your condominium could be terminated by a vote of the owners. This simply means that the provisions of your Declaration of Condominium would no longer apply and you can in effect be forced out of the property. All declarations of condominium contain a section regarding how the…
Read: HERE TODAY --- GONE TOMORROW-PART 1 → My column two weeks ago regarding the estoppel fee bill and what has happened since, has proven a point made long ago by fellow blogger Jan Bergemann. The community association laws are written by, directed, guided and championed, not by the people who live in these communities, but rather by the people…
Read: WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP-PART 1 → Although you may not know it, your condominium could be terminated by a vote of the owners. This simply means that the provisions of your Declaration of Condominium would no longer apply and you can in effect be forced out of the property. All declarations of condominium contain a section regarding how the…
Read: WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP-PART 1 → My column two weeks ago regarding the estoppel fee bill and what has happened since, has proven a point made long ago by fellow blogger Jan Bergemann. The community association laws are written by, directed, guided and championed, not by the people who live in these communities, but rather by the people…
Read: WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP-PART 2 → can’t tell you how many times a new client has come into the office and proceeded to show me a contract that they already signed, without having an attorney look at it first. They have now realized how one sided it is and how devastating the terms are to the community. I am then asked “so can you get us…
Read: BEFORE SIGNING THAT CONTRACT…………. → The Florida Legislature just passed a new bill that creates high standards for Florida’s community association managers and management companies. The Governor is expected to sign it. Here is what the law says: 468.4334 Professional practice standards; liability (1) A community association manager or a…
Read: NEW LAW PROVIDES HIGH STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS → Without a doubt, one of the most common complaints unit owners hurl at their Board of Directors is that the Board hold private meetings that the owners simply never get notice of. May owners complain that these meetings violate the “Sunshine” laws that require public meetings, but they are incorrect, as the…
Read: SO WHEN IS A MEETING A MEETING? → While an education requirement is not mandatory for condo and HOA board members, I wish it were. The more educated Board members are about the legal requirements of running their community, the less likely it is that the association will have costly disputes with the owners whether it be in mediation,…
Read: GET READY FOR A FUN DAY! → Last week we blogged about the ability to have Bingo games in our communities. I may be wrong, but I have never seen Bingo games catch on among men. Generally, Bingo is for the women, while the men like to play cards, more specifically poker and rummy. My dad loved both and never once went to play bingo.…
Read: CAN WE GAMBLE IN THE CONDO OR HOA? → There’s a lot that goes into my job as an attorney working in condominium and HOA law. Each week, I working on my current cases, keep abreast of the changes in the law, advocate for legislative reform, work on the Condo Craze Radio Show and write a blog each Monday. Without a doubt however, my favorite…
Read: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONDO AND HOA EDUCATION-PART 2 →Read it. Then watch it.
