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Can Board of Director Meetings for a Community Association Move Virtual?
In these times, with COVID-19 looming large in our minds and social distancing becoming a mandated enforcement, it’s not the best time for holding in-person meetings. However some meetings must still take place. To reduce the in-person attendance, encourage absentee...
D&O Insurance: Everything You Need to Know
Board members, we want you to know that we salute you. And even more, we want to protect you. Being a board member isn’t always a glamorous job. Sometimes it’s a thankless volunteer position that can even put you under fire for litigation. In your effort to do the...
Closing on Your Commercial Property in Miami: What You Need to Know
If you think closing on a residential property is full of paperwork and processes, you can expect to truly level-up when it comes to preparing for a commercial property closing. While the process can be tricky to navigate, with some patience, planning, and expert...
What Should Your Homeowners’ Association Be Doing to Manage Risk?
When we think of risk management, we often think in terms of the financial impact a given risk would have on our property, our business, or organization. Taking active steps to identify, evaluate, and control those risks is important to the overall financial health...
3 Benefits of Hiring a Lawyer for Condo Associations
Condo associations are a lot like any other government or business organization. They must adhere to rules and regulations, abide by state law, ensure a habitable and sustainable future for its residents, and so much more. For board members responsible for managing...
Dispute Resolution Part Three: Litigation
In the previous two blogs in this series, we covered the escalating procedure of dispute resolution. Beginning with mediation we then tackled arbitration and in this final blog we will look at the process of litigation. The most common types of litigation can be...
Dispute Resolution Part Two: Arbitration
In our previous blog, we discussed the preferred method of dispute resolution: mediation. But what do you do when mediation doesn’t work, it is refused, or it is not an option? The short answer is arbitration. Let’s take a closer look. In arbitration a third party,...
Dispute Resolution Part One: Mediation
Dispute happens. Whether it’s a consistent violation of rules and regulations or something more serious like delinquency or bad debt, both the owners and the association need to be protected. And, for the sake of the whole community, disputes need to be resolved in a...
Elections and How They Work, Part Two: HOAs
In our previous blog post, we tackled some of the common procedures for elections in a condo association. Some of these regulatory provisions will still apply to elections in an HOA, while most do not. Interestingly, the election process is very different for condo...
Violations and Fines, Part Two: Amending Rules and Bylaws
In our previous blog post in this series, we discussed what to do when fines and fees must be enforced within a community association. There is a systematic process including forming a committee, scheduling a hearing, and assessing fines. However, there are even more...
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