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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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Motorcycle Noise
Hi Mr. Richardson,
Our Board refuses to enforce the CC&R provision prohibiting the operation of motorcycles in the complex. To change the CC&R’S requires
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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,
I live in gated country club community. Do I have the right to read the employee guidebook?
K.B., Palm Desert
Dear K.B.,
The Davis-Stirling Act lists a num...
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 Kelly,
We continue to enjoy your column and value your responses. You are providing a valuable service in educating those of us who live in homeowner associat
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Dear Kelly,
I am on the board of an association. We have had a few units go to foreclosure that the homeowners owed past due monthly association dues. They just mov
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Mr. Richardson,
We are part time residents in a large ungated mobile home HOA community. We own the lots and the city maintains the streets. The association allows 1 pet, t
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Kelly Richardson,
Our HOA was formed about 1960. We have filed SI-100 with the state as required. We have never filed any state or federal tax forms.
The HOA is a
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Kelly,
What rights do I have to review the complete CC&Rs including addenda added in the past twenty plus years we lived in this community? I do not require them to
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Dear Kelly,
Who is responsible for repair of the water supply lines inside building walls between units of the same stack?
J.R., Los Angeles
Dear J.R,
You asked the $6...
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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