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Looking to Your Reserves When Your Homeowners Association Needs a Loan
March 12, 2010
Not enough funds in your operating account to pay the insurance premium due next quarter because a number of your homeowners are behind in assessments? This week's tip offers a possible solution for boards that have a short-term cash crunch: borrowing from reserves. . . . keep reading
Help Homeowners in Your HOA with a Model Code of Conduct
February 26, 2010
In a new article, we've posted a model code of conduct for homeowners in a community association. Based on input from experts from across the country, it's a great tool for new owner orientation, or as a reminder to longtime owners. In this week's tip, we offer two points to include in any model code of conduct for owners. . . . keep reading
Can Your HOA Fine Owners for Slacking?
February 19, 2010
This week's tip addresses two common problems: lazy owners and the need for additional revenue. Can your homeowners association kill two birds with one stone by financially penalizing owners who don't attend meetings, vote, or volunteer by imposing a "nonparticipation" fee on them? . . . keep reading
HOA Facilities: A Roadmap for Identifying Common Elements
February 12, 2010
This week's tip answers the deceptively simple question: What is a common or a limited common element? . . . keep reading
Mandatory Club Memberships May Land Your HOA in Court
February 5, 2010
This week's tip is a cautionary tale for homeowners associations considering making club memberships mandatory in an effort to generate additional funding. . . . keep reading
HOA Finances: Think Twice Before Throwing a Party with Unused Budget Funds
January 29, 2010
This week's tip deals with condo and homeowners associations that take leftover money in a miscellaneous or contingency budget account and fritter them away with things like parties. Be careful before taking that step. . . . keep reading
Mechanic's Liens: What You Must Know, and How to Avoid Them
January 22, 2010
our project to add parking to your homeowners association has been fraught with problems from day one. You've argued with the contractor over all the additional charges that seem to materialize out of thin air. Your board is sick and tired of dealing with the constant frustrations and decides it will simply nod and smile to the contractor until the project's done. Then it'll simply refuse to pay all the additional charges the contractor is trying to impose. This week's tip explains why that's like sending an engraved invitation to a contractor to file a mechanic's lien against your HOA, which is a very bad idea. . . . keep reading
HOA Boards: What Are You Resolving to Do Better in 2010?
January 15, 2010
This week's tip deals with ways other HOA and condo board members and association managers and attorneys suggest that you can resolve to do better in 2010. . . . keep reading
Is Your HOA Management Company Double Dipping?
January 8, 2010
This week's tip deals with saving money by digging into your management company's relationships with the vendors it recommends for association projects. . . . keep reading
HOA Construction Defects: Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot
December 11, 2009
You face a dilemma when your owners encounter problems that might be the tip of a construction defect iceberg. How can you complete necessary repairs quickly while still preserving any claims you may have against your developer? This week's tip explores that difficult problem. . . . keep reading
Eyesores in Your HOA: Know Your Rights Before Cleaning Owners' Property
December 4, 2009
Does your condo or homeowner association have the right to "self help"? That is, can you march onto an owner's property to clean up an eyesore the owner has repeatedly refused to address? . . . keep reading
Has Your HOA Board of Directors Adopted a Model Code of Conduct?
November 20, 2009
If you don't think that a simple list of guidelines would help your condo or HOA board, think again. . . . keep reading
HOAs and Embezzlement: Divide and Duplicate Tasks to Identify--and Prevent--Fraud
November 13, 2009
To prevent embezzlement of HOA funds, it's very important that certain duties be split up. . . . keep reading
The Fair Housing Act and Protected Classes: What Your HOA Needs to Know
November 6, 2009
This week's tip is taken from a new article that explains three areas of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) that are critical for condo and HOA boards to understand. Here we'll cover just one area: protected classes. . . . keep reading
Recruiting HOA Board Members: How One Board Has Succeeded
October 30, 2009
For a new article we asked board members from around the country to share their tips on recruiting good HOA board members. . . . keep reading
Negotiating Contracts for Your HOA: Who Has the Authority?
October 23, 2009
This week's tip answers a question posted on the HOAleader.com discussion forum. Can a single board member bind a condo or homeowners association to a contract without the rest of the board's approval? . . . keep reading
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