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Minutes, Rules Challenges
Dear Kelly,
Is it common for a board secretary to have the management company representative take meeting minutes? I do not see anything in our b
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Depositing Reserve Funds
Dear Mr. Richardson,
I enjoy reading your columns in the paper very much.
One of the HOA’s that I belong to has a minute, but I think adequate, r
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Dear Kelly,
My husband is president of an HOA with less than 20 townhome units. Although the bylaws prohibit any president serving over 4 years, my husband has serv
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Hi,
I am professional and own multiple rental properties in a condo complex.
I happen to be a board member of HOA. Can I be sued personally?
Thanks,
B.S, Anaheim
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Mr. Richardson,
I have been under the impression that a change to the governing laws in California no longer allowed proxies for elections. As such, we almost never get a q
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Good Morning Mr. Richardson,
We purchased a condo in Laguna Niguel. We noticed that many condos have privacy fences. All of these fences are constructed using th
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Dear Kelly,
Our board members look forward to reading your columns with great interest. A question was recently posed regarding residents using cell phones to allow entry i
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Mr. Richardson,
Our HOA has regularly scheduled, monthly, closed meetings. Based on your columns this doesn’t seem right to me. What types of topics are to be considered in
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I’m on the Board of a 20 year old complex. We have over 200 units. The CCR’s state that all pets in the common area must be kept on a leash, even cats.
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Kelly,
I have a serious question for you. I will quote to you a paragraph from the [HOA’s] Newsletter:Â
“SERIOUS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS: Several homeowners are being foreclose
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