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Hi Kelly,
We find your column interesting, informative and useful.
Our question is about the fallout from changing the name of an HOA on Articles of Incorporation. That is
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Mr. Richardson,
There are Board meetings taking place with little or no advance notice to anyone other than the Board Members. We never have a formal agenda published and m
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our Board adopted a “Code of Ethics” prohibiting any board member from discussing HOA issues with any other member outside of a regularly scheduled Boa
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Hi,
I am Treasurer of a 12 unit HOA, built in 1978, and that is how old all the governing documents are. I know we need to update the documents. Is there a CCRs for dummies
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Hello Mr. Richardson,
What is hoa? I just glanced at your article in the newspaper entitled “Peace among HOA neighbors.” You use the word “hoa” often, but do not define it.
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Happy New Year! Consider these resolutions to start the new year, which may help your common interest development association to become a more positive community.
HOA directo...
Mr. Richardson,
I was wondering if you would answer a question for me.
We have a Board member who is literally sleeping with the association’s property supervisor, who is
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Hi Kelly,
What recourse does a Board pursue when they cannot get information from owners on tenants residing in their community such as names, phone numbers?
I am not sure
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our Budget committee had 2 board members out of its 7 total members. With our recent election, another committee member has joined the board. If all 3
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Dear Sir,
Appreciate your column in the newspaper on HOAs. Is there a way to force a Board to allow the membership to vote on an issue without calling for a recall?
Thanks
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As a lawyer, I would have to plead “guilty” to being persnickety (to use a Latin term) regarding the correct use of legal terms. In the world of common interest developments t...
Unfortunately, in common interest developments the reserve account is often overlooked or even deliberately ignored as unnecessary. This is unwise, because the reserve fund is...