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Written by Eric M. Glazer · Florida attorney
I’m hoping that after reading this column today, those of you who live in an HOA will forward some of these concerns to your local Senator or House Member, because I don’t even think they are aware of just how bad the HOA statute is and how condominium owners have far greater protections under the law than…
Read: CONDOS AND HOA'S ARE MORE DIFFERENT THAN YOU MAY THINK → Last week, I received an e-mail from someone who was complaining that her HOA was using the voting and election procedures required by the condominium statute, instead of the HOA statute. In other words, using the Florida Statute 718 laws instead of Florida Statute 720. She wanted to know if this was O.K.,…
Read: ELECTION TIME IS HERE → No doubt that many of us have been to a board meeting or two where screaming breaks out, the decibel level in the room is raised, tempers flare and little gets accomplished as a result. The overwhelming majority of these shouting matches are non violent, and end up with each side muttering a few curse…
Read: WHEN THE SCREAMING AND THE SHOUTING RISE TO THE NEXT LEVEL → Ah………………..the first week of July is approaching. Our thoughts turn to backyard bar-b-cues, baseball, fireworks and if you live in a Florida community association, lots and lots of fights over how, when and where to fly the flag. It seems like each year we hear and read about so many battles between…
Read: WAVING OLD GLORY MAY BE MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT SOUNDS-PART 1 → It’s been a while since I felt strong about a particular political candidate. The two party system has simply destroyed the opportunity for any candidate to do anything other than toe his party’s platform. If he or she deviates from the platform, the party casts them to the wind until another robot comes…
Read: IS THERE A FRIEND IN THE HOUSE? → As we know all too well now, it’s an election year. The commercials and the propaganda have already started and no doubt it will get more and more annoying as November gets closer. To get elected, candidates will be making promises by the boat load. Indeed, on yesterday’s Condo Craze and HOAs show, Randy…
Read: HELP ME HELP YOU! → The Florida Condominium Act mandates that the developer provide warranties to the association regarding the common elements, even in those communities that are converted from rental housing to condominiums. The HOA statute however never provided similar protection to homeowner associations and the law was…
Read: THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AGAIN PUTS HOA DEVELOPERS AHEAD OF HOA OWNERS → The Florida Condominium Act mandates that the developer provide warranties to the association regarding the common elements, even in those communities that are converted from rental housing to condominiums. The HOA statute however never provided similar protection to homeowner associations and the law was…
Read: THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AGAIN PUTS HOA DEVELOPERS AHEAD OF HOA OWNERS →Read it. Then watch it.
