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HOA · July 27, 2026 · 2 min read

Two Statutes, One State: Why Florida Polices Condos Like a Regulated Industry and Leaves HOAs Almost Entirely Alone

If you own a condo in Florida, a state agency (The DBPR) can audit your association's books, subpoena your board, fine your directors, and remove them from office. If you own a home in an HOA, that same agency has no authority to investigate your board at all, even for identical misconduct. This isn't an…

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Board Meeting Rules · February 1, 2026 · 2 min read

When Condo Associations Throw Out Ballots: What This Arbitration Case Teaches Boards and Owners

Condo elections are not paperwork traps. In a Florida arbitration case, a board rejected 22 ballots for technical reasons and lost the election anyway. Signatures, envelope issues, hand delivery, and secrecy mistakes were all challenged…and the arbitrator ordered the losing candidate seated on the board.…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 3, 2025 · 2 min read

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Florida Condo & HOA News · February 10, 2025 · 2 min read

BEFORE YOU GO BAD-MOUTHING YOUR BOARD

Condo turmoil: Red-tagged building, $4.5M repairs, residents demand transparency on past funds. Know your rights and ask for records!

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Florida Condo & HOA News · November 11, 2024 · 6 min read

SO YOU THINK THERE’S NO FRAUD IN ELECTIONS?

Election tampering in condos? It happens. Read this case I won proving intentional notice failures. Share your thoughts in the comments!

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 22, 2024 · 2 min read

THE DBPR HAS LOTS OF NEW POWER – WILL THEY USE IT?

There has been lots of complaints over the years that when condominium owners bring their complaints to the DBPR and expect some help, the only thing they got in return was a letter that said the DBPR has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of their complaint. I actually watched a legislative hearing in…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · February 5, 2024 · 5 min read

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS- PART 2

As I informed you last week, Representative Vicki Lopez, Senator Jennifer Bradley and Senator Jason Pizzo have filed companion bills HB1021 and SB1178 in The Florida House of Representatives and The Florida Senate that take aim at community association managers and community association management…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 17, 2023 · 3 min read

THE INSURANCE CRISIS IS AT A DANGEROUS POINT

While condo owners are now dealing with mandatory inspections, mandatory repairs and mandatory reserve accounts, both condo and HOA owners are facing the joint monumental problem of staggering increases in property insurance and the lack of choice among insurance companies. Our sponsor Greg Waltz sent me an…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · June 19, 2023 · 6 min read

AN HOA MEMBER’S BILL OF RIGHTS – HB 919

Sometimes HOAs are simply forgotten about when it comes to new laws. There’s usually a hands off approach by The Florida Legislature. Not this year. This year a new act was created called the “Homeowners’ Associations Bill of Rights.” Florida Statute.303. Now, like condominiums, notices of all board meetings…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 1, 2022 · 16 min read

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

The Florida Legislature is in full swing. Each year lots of bills get filed, but few make it to the finish line and become law. Here’s an update on two bills that are moving towards becoming law: SB 394: This is my mandatory education bill, requiring directors to get certified by attending a course. Senator…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 1, 2022 · 2 min read

THERE MAY BE LOTS OF NEW SHERIFFS IN TOWN IF THIS BILL PASSES

Senator Anna Maria Rodriguez filed our mandatory condo education bill in Florida’s Senate. But if you think she’s done trying to change additional condominium laws, you would be very wrong. She also filed Senate Bill 274 which creates the Condominium Fraud Investigation Pilot Program. According to the bill…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 1, 2022 · 4 min read

ANOTHER STUNNING GRAND JURY REPORT ABOUT FLORIDA CONDOMINIUMS

I’ll tell you something – I give a lot of credit to Kathy Fernandez Rundle, The State Attorney for Miami-Dade County. She actually prosecutes cases of condo fraud, years ago she assembled a grand jury to make recommendations to the state legislature regarding condo crimes, kickbacks, conflicts of interest…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · April 18, 2021 · 3 min read

FLORIDA'S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL STATUTE – PART THREE

It’s amazing when you think about it……. I get asked questions about emotional support animals all the time. I tell everyone that sometimes I can’t give an answer off the cuff. I would need to know more, it’s not that simple. Well, to prove that point, this is the third week in a row I’m writing about…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · October 7, 2020 · 4 min read

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS AND SOME NEW FLORIDA LAWS

New Florida Statute 760.27 defines “Emotional support animal” as an animal that does not require training to do work, perform tasks, provide assistance, or provide therapeutic emotional support by virtue of its presence which alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a persons disability.”…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · March 13, 2020 · 2 min read

I MUST CONFESS

Ican’t hold it in any longer. I must tell someone. I have been less than honest with the readers of this blog and the listeners to the Condo Craze and HOAs Radio Show. I’m a fake and a fraud. The truth is…………despite the fact that I urge all of you out there to get involved in your community, to run for…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 9, 2018 · 3 min read

WHEN AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR’S CONDUCT CROSSES THE LINE

Florida Statute 718.111(d) states: An officer, director, or agent shall discharge his or her duties in good faith, with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the interests of the association.…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · February 8, 2018 · 2 min read

DO THE NEW LAWS DETER PEOPLE FROM SERVING ON THEIR CONDO BOARD?

So as you now know, Florida condominium law is amended to make it a crime for board members to: forge a ballot envelope or voting certificate used in a condominium association election; and destroy official records or refuse to allow inspection or copying of an official record of a condominium association……

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Florida Condo & HOA News · January 6, 2018 · 6 min read

SO WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2018?

This year, The Florida Legislature starts early. In fact, it is already in session. So what’s in store for community associations in...

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Two Statutes, One State: Why Florida Polices Condos Like a Regulated Industry and Leaves HOAs Almost Entirely Alone

When Condo Associations Throw Out Ballots: What This Arbitration Case Teaches Boards and Owners

A-I A-I A-I A-I A-I A-I A-I A-I A-I

BEFORE YOU GO BAD-MOUTHING YOUR BOARD

SO YOU THINK THERE’S NO FRAUD IN ELECTIONS?

THE DBPR HAS LOTS OF NEW POWER – WILL THEY USE IT?

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS- PART 2

THE INSURANCE CRISIS IS AT A DANGEROUS POINT

AN HOA MEMBER’S BILL OF RIGHTS – HB 919

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

THERE MAY BE LOTS OF NEW SHERIFFS IN TOWN IF THIS BILL PASSES

ANOTHER STUNNING GRAND JURY REPORT ABOUT FLORIDA CONDOMINIUMS

FLORIDA'S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL STATUTE – PART THREE

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS AND SOME NEW FLORIDA LAWS

I MUST CONFESS

WHEN AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR’S CONDUCT CROSSES THE LINE

DO THE NEW LAWS DETER PEOPLE FROM SERVING ON THEIR CONDO BOARD?

SO WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2018?

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