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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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Dear Readers,
This marks the 200th column since it was revived in early 2012; may I share 20 thoughts with you on this milestone?
- Common interest communities involve share ...
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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Kelly Richardson,
We have lived in three HOAs. What we have found lately is that no one wants anything to do with the HOA even though they signed up to be in it when they b
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Condominium owners often misunderstand exclusive use common area, and this leads to far too many wasteful disputes. Simply put, exclusive use areas are not “your” property, bu...
Kelly,
I live in a stock cooperative apartment complex comprised of downstairs and upstairs apartments. When tenting for termite infestation, this service covers both commo
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Kelly,
I’ve lived in a Planned Development in Placentia for 6 1/2 years. Our property management company was recently sold. We now send our HOA monthly fees to a lockbox in
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Dear Kelly,
Is it required that an HOA purchase earthquake insurance? Does it have to be stated in the CC&R’s? Can the board be held liable if it doesn’t purchase the insur
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Mr. Richardson,
I was an officer of a small condo association for about 10 years. There were 3 of us officers originally and as they moved away or just quit doing anything
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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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Dear Kelly,
Managers’ pay: commission vs. non-commission. What should a board know about this when working with a management company? Is it a practice for vendor
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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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