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Mr. Richardson,

I serve on my HOA board, and every year we meet to discuss the annual budget. I sit through this discussion without understanding much of anything. After su

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Dear Kelly,

Enjoy reading your weekly articles in [the paper]. I own a condo that is for sale. My agent tells me she had two offers with VA loans, but the development is no

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Good Morning,

I am on the board of a community, and have seen many changes in procedures that govern all boards. Are there legal guidelines that we have to follow to change

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Hello Kelly,

We live in a small condominium complex in Brawley, Ca. Our CC&R’s were last updated 15 years ago. At the time they were considered “boilerplate” but a lot has

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Hi Mr. Richardson,

I am new to the HOA board and enjoy reading your weekly column in the [paper]. I don’t think you have discussed what to do if the property manager does n

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Dear Kelly,

Why there are no educational requirements for board members and no requirements for either education, certification, background checks, etc. for managers? Parti

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Dear Kelly,

I was elected HOA President shortly after we bought a unit in the complex. I was told that the HOA was an unincorporated association. After some digging, I disc

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Dear Kelly,

I am a new director on (our HOA) board. Some of the new directors are very concerned about the condition of our association and possible malfeasance being commi

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Mr. Richardson,

I am the treasurer of a committee, which is the bank for funds raised by our various clubs and organizations. We use those funds to pay for projects. This y

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Dear Kelly,

Hi, I can’t begin to tell you how many of us faithfully read your weekly column in the newspaper.

My question is this – Our association has the CC&Rs and rules

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Dear Mr. Richardson,

Our HOA directors regularly nominate themselves as chairs of respective committees within the community. Needless to say, pet projects of individual bo

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