HAVE THE PRAYERS OF HOA OWNERS BEEN ANSWERED?
Florida’s HB 137 & SB 120 propose an HOA Ombudsman to support homeowners. Will this level the playing field? Share your thoughts!
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SO YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR CONDOMINIUM UNIT?
When selling your condo, it’s not ‘buyer beware’—it’s ‘seller disclose everything!’ Florida law demands transparency. Learn what’s required.
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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…
Read more → THE PERFECT JOB FOR THE DBPR
As we have written about a million times, each condominium unit pays $4.00 per year to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes. That $4.00 is supposed to be spent on the people who are paying it. The law states that: All fees shall be…
Read more → MAYBE IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK AND OLD LAW
Even after the death of 98 innocent people at The Champlain Towers in Surfside, the fact is…….The Florida Legislature did not pass a single law regarding the need for more building inspections, mandatory funding of reserves, mandatory education for board members or anything whatsoever to prevent another…
Read more → BEFORE YOU HIT THAT "SEND" BUTTON
Florida Statute states: 120.565 Declaratory statement by agencies.— (1) Any substantially affected person may seek a declaratory statement regarding an agency’s opinion as to the applicability of a statutory provision, or of any rule or order of the agency, as it applies to the petitioner’s particular set of…
Read more → 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…
Read more → SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
No question that the Miami-Dade Grand Jury report slammed the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Unquestionably, the report made the Department of Business and Professional Regulation look bad. Have an open mind however about the Grand Jury proceedings. It’s easy to indict the DBPR if all…
Read more → WHY IS THE DIVISION OF CONDOMINIUMS BEING SO DIFFICULT?
All of you who live in a condominium are now certainly aware that by December 31st, if your building is 75 feet or higher, you will be required to install a fire sprinkler system in your condominium, unless the unit owners vote to opt out. Many of you have already done so. A few weeks ago, I wrote in my…
Read more → TO BEG OR BORROW
Each year your condo association or HOA is required to pass an annual budget that in theory should pay all of the bills of the association. The statutes require this. Then a storm hits, or balconies start deteriorating and many Associations suddenly find themselves in desperate need to repair the common…
Read more → CONDO OWNERS – YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED
We often times blog about how a Board member or a manager stole a few thousand dollars from the association and how they should be prosecuted for it. If someone should be prosecuted for stealing a few thousand dollars, what should happen to the people that steal 16 million dollars from condo owners over the…
Read more → FLORIDA STATUTE 718.1255
(4) MANDATORY NONBINDING ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION OF DISPUTES.—The Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall employ full-time attorneys to act as arbitrators to conduct the arbitration hearings provided by this chapter. The…
Read more → CONDO CRAZE AND HOAS - WEEK 223
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 more → FINALLY A BILL TO PREVENT YOUR MONEY FROM GETTING STOLEN
As many of you already know, each owner of a condominium unit pays $4.00 per year to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes. The money is supposed to be spent helping to regulate and provide services to condominium unit owners throughout…
Read more → CAN YOUR ASSOCIATION BORROW MONEY?
Each year your condo association or HOA is required to pass an annual budget that in theory should pay all of the bills of the association. The statutes require this. Then a storm hits, or balconies start deteriorating and many Associations suddenly find themselves in desperate need to repair the common…
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