Lawsuits are usually not an association’s go-to method for dispute resolution. Expensive and time-consuming, they can quickly turn into a financial burden and may create strained relations in the community. Unfortunately, in some cases …
While some condos and HOAs have a lawyer present on its board, the majority of boards don’t have a legal expert and often reach out to their lawyer to answer questions, vet documents, send the occasional stern letter to a contractor or …
Community associations would be authorized to install hurricane-proof doors, delay elevator upgrades, deny to delinquent owners the use of certain amenities and services, and allow more lenient access to records; streamline foreclosure …
Q I am the president of our condo association and I am in favor of creating reserves. Over the last 40 some years our residents have voted down the establishment of a reserve. I would like to recommend to the owners a general pool of r…
Q Is it legal for a lawyer that represents a condo to buy a foreclosed unit and then flip it? —Ethically Curious A “There is nothing in the law,” says Robert L. Kaye, Esq., the managing member of Kaye Bender Rembaum,…
Q Does the individual condo association board members and president have the legal right to remove a treasurer from duties without due cause and deny a chance for rebuttal? —Concerned Condo Resident A “Condominium a…
Differences and disputes happen. We’re only human, and that’s why laws and rules are in place. But, the federalist system of government we use in this country is far from the most efficient system. Layers and layers of laws, statutes, a…
Read any of the major business publications or websites and you’re bound to find articles on the importance of delegating. It’s one of the most fundamental skills for a successful business owner to have. A simple Internet search finds sc…
Serving on a condo board has its challenges—mostly of a relatively mundane, everyday sort, like how to pay for new carpet in the clubhouse, or what kind of flowers to put in the new beds out front. Occasionally however, a much more sens…
For seven years, Mira Calton and her husband, Dr. Jayson Calton, owned a floating home, one of the 165 privately-owned residences on The World, a 644-foot yacht that continuously circumnavigates the globe. Owning a home on the yacht, w…