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Dear Kelly,
We have no management company in our HOA for over a year. One board member is running the whole show, who is the secretary, treasurer, paid gardener and landsca
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Hi Kelly,
Must the board get a majority vote of homeowners to make their community common areas non-smoking? If the board got the vote would an amendment have to be added t
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Dear Sir,
Can the board limit the percentage of renters in a common interest development?
If a certain percentage is reached, will that invalidate our senior citizen statu
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When buying a common interest property, you automatically become a member of an association. Here are a “baker’s dozen” of items to consider first:
1. Read the CC&Rs
The doc...
Dear Kelly,
I purchased my condo last year. As of this year, I suddenly started hearing my upstairs neighbor’s footsteps when he walks across his condo (sounds like heavy f
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Dear Kelly,
When I bought my condo some thirty years ago, I signed and accepted the CC&Rs at the close of escrow; these included By-laws and Rules and Regulations. The vari
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Dear Kelly,
I own and live in a unit which I thought all along was a condominium, but I just recently found out that it’s actually a PUD. What is a PUD and are t
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Hi Kelly,
I’m confused between “rules” and “CC&R’s”. Our board over the years has implemented new rules. What I don’t understand is: How is this different than making chang
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Mr. Richardson,
I live in a townhouse complex. The HOA is planning on termite tenting the buildings. My boss who is also a lawyer and real estate broker told me
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Mr. Richardson,Â
I very much enjoy your column. Can you recommend a source for a proxy form which is valid under California law for an HOA board of directors recall electio
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Hi Kelly,
I recently got a letter from an attorney demanding payment of back HOA dues on a house that I left in 2008. We got hit hard by the recession and were forced to fi
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Dear Kelly,
I live in a stock cooperative mobile home park. Do we come under the California HOA laws? If not how can we change to come under the California HOA laws. We do
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