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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 20, 2023 · 2 min read

THE GREED BEGINS – IT MAY BE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR MANAGEMENT CONTRACT OR PUT YOUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN PLACE

Last week I blogged about the possibility of Board members walking off with your association bank accounts. Bank accounts that are about to explode with mandatory reserves and huge construction contracts that are on the way. Today, let’s talk about what you need to know about your management company. Often…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 13, 2023 · 2 min read

MAKE SURE YOU’RE COVERED

Now that condominiums are going to have to pass huge special assessments in order to make repairs and maintain new accounts with potentially millions of dollars in the bank, let me tell you one of the reasons I heard as to why these new laws should not go into effect. “Because we don’t trust our Board having…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · February 13, 2023 · 2 min read

STOP THE CROWD FROM BLAMING THE BOARD

Many of the associations I represent are getting ahead of the curve and they’re educating their owners about the expenses that are coming by having me show up at the condominium and put on a Power Point presentation showing precisely how these new laws came to be, including showing the actual vote by The…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · February 5, 2023 · 2 min read

SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAMS ARE TOUGHER IN DADE AND BROWARD

If you are reading this blog from Dade or Broward —- you are not going to be happy. On Friday, I received an e-mail from a two-story, 19 unit condo in Broward County stating that they are being told they need to go through the inspection process. We have always believed that the new mandatory inspection laws…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · January 29, 2023 · 2 min read

IT’S ELECTION TIME AGAIN

This is going to be a very interesting election year for condos. I perceive that there is definitely going to be two types of candidates. The first will run a campaign that basically says: CANDIDATE ONE: I have lived here for twenty years. In light of the tragedy in Surfside, the dramatic rise in property…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · January 22, 2023 · 2 min read

I HEAR YOU!

The other day I was complaining to my Rabbi about something by text. I received an e-mail back that said: “I HEAR YOU.” I can’t tell you how much better I felt. Two days later I wrote an e-mail to the customer service department of a big company. The next day I received an e-mail that basically said I hear…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · January 8, 2023 · 2 min read

A NEW YEAR UNLIKE THOSE IN THE PAST

I’m not going to tell you that you should have a bunch of new year resolutions that you must follow. We all know how long they last. So, I’ll only suggest one at the end of this article. However, I am going to tell you that if your budget still does not contain reserve funding, your new year is already off…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · December 18, 2022 · 1 min read

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

The years roll around so quickly. Just know, from the bottom of my heart, that it is truly an honor to share my thoughts and opinions about the law with each of you every Monday. Jan, Raphael and I write 50 columns a year. Believe me, that’s a lot of writing to do. As a result, we give ourselves two weeks…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · December 4, 2022 · 2 min read

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

It has always been difficult to get volunteers to be on the Board of Directors. Even when times are good and the building has made repairs and has some money in the bank, you can never count on owners to volunteer their time for a position where on their best day they will be second guessed and criticized.…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 27, 2022 · 2 min read

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

Ihave heard lots of excuses over the years about so many different things. Here’s a few that simply don’t work: My assessments should be less — I don’t use the elevator I have heard this from lots of people who live on the first floor. It doesn’t work. Regardless of whether you use the common elements, you…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 13, 2022 · 2 min read

SO WHERE WILL PRICES GO?

Ithink last night’s 60 Minutes episode made it clear that for some, living in their condominium unit may simply become unaffordable. The question is……which condos will suffer the most and which other forms of housing are most likely to retain their values and even go up. Everyone is freaking out that all…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 6, 2022 · 2 min read

DEVELOPERS ARE ON THE PROWL

I’m already hearing stories of developers making low ball offers to owners in high rise condominium buildings, offering to buy units at bargain prices. Here’s why….. Developers knows that in building of 25 years or more on the coast or 30 years or more inland, owners are facing massive upcoming expenses.…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 31, 2022 · 2 min read

WHY THE DIFFERENCES?

At a time when it would make sense for the condo and HOA laws to become easier to learn, they are becoming harder. Much has to do with why in the world are there such differences between the condo and HOA statutes? It’s actually ridiculous. For example: In order to get access to the official records, why…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 16, 2022 · 2 min read

CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PROHIBIT OR LIMIT RENTING? PART TWO

So last week we spoke about how a condominium may pass amendments to the declaration which would in effect limit or prevent leasing, but said amendment would not apply to those who did not vote in favor of the amendment. For a long time, Florida HOAs did not have language in the HOA statute which said sich…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 2, 2022 · 2 min read

IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME TO GET EDUCATED

In light of the tragedy at The Champlain Towers in Surfside last year, The Florida Legislature, to its credit, passed massive condominium reform regarding safety, inspections and reserves. These laws are confusing to those who work in the industry every day, never mind to those who serve on condo Boards…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 25, 2022 · 3 min read

CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PROHIBIT OR LIMIT RENTING?

Iam getting swamped lately with requests from both condos and HOAs as to how to limit the number of homes or units that are being rented. People are getting real tired of Air BNB type scenarios and want to know how they can put a stop to it. Some background on this topic is necessary. In the landmark case of…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 18, 2022 · 3 min read

A PERSONAL LETDOWN

So this week, my mom asks me to attend her Board meeting because the agenda says they will speak about the budget for 2023. She knows I have been babbling a lot lately about how assessments are going to soar and she wants to know if her community is set for the troubles I’m predicting. So I went. I won’t…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 11, 2022 · 3 min read

LET’S GO TO THE NUMBERS

Afew weeks ago on the Condo Craze and HOAs radio show, I was sent a chart by a listener that showed that just under 50% of condominiums were funding a reserve account in full each month. As I was broadcasting this information, I felt that it sounded a little high. It turned out that I was referring to a…

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THE GREED BEGINS – IT MAY BE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR MANAGEMENT CONTRACT OR PUT YOUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN PLACE

MAKE SURE YOU’RE COVERED

STOP THE CROWD FROM BLAMING THE BOARD

SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAMS ARE TOUGHER IN DADE AND BROWARD

IT’S ELECTION TIME AGAIN

I HEAR YOU!

A NEW YEAR UNLIKE THOSE IN THE PAST

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

SO WHERE WILL PRICES GO?

DEVELOPERS ARE ON THE PROWL

WHY THE DIFFERENCES?

CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PROHIBIT OR LIMIT RENTING? PART TWO

IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME TO GET EDUCATED

CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION PROHIBIT OR LIMIT RENTING?

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