How To React to HOA Fraud
This week, we discuss how to react if you do not bulletproof your HOA against embezzlement and discover your HOA is the victim of fraud. Finding the proper authority to investigate allegations of fraud can prove to be extremely difficult. If your association has been a victim of the “condo confidence game,” gather as much […]
Bulletproof Your Homeowners Association’s Funds Against Fraud – Pt. 1
Last week, we discussed some clues that your HOA might be the victim of embezzlement. This week, we give tips to bulletproof your HOA against embezzlement and ask, “Who is guarding the guardians?” Unless boards are vigilant, the answer is: “No one. No one is watching. Absolutely no one and nothing.” There are no state […]
PARScore® FINE-TUNED TO EVALUATE CONDO ASSOCIATIONS & HOAs BETTER (Pt. II)
Is your condominium, or the one you are planning to buy, up to PAR? With the condominium market now reviving in Chicago, the Private Association Rating report, or PARScore®—a high-tech data-driven analytics process that helps condo buyers evaluate their home purchase in advance—is becoming more and more popular among consumers. “The PARScore® is similar to […]
PARScore® FINE-TUNED TO EVALUATE CONDO ASSOCIATIONS & HOAs BETTER
The newly designed, consumer friendly 2015 PARScore® report now features a comparison algorithm: “How does your association compare?” The technology also utilizes geo-coding with longitude and latitude satellite reporting. “Just because you live in the Gold Coast doesn’t mean your building will have a 24-karat gold PARScore®,” noted Benson. “Wealthy neighborhoods can be an asset […]
TRID RULE FOR MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE HELPS HOME BUYERS GET SMARTER
If you are planning to start home-loan hunting to finance the purchase of a new or existing dwelling now or in 2016, better clip this article and keep it so you avoid becoming a mortgage dummy. Once you wade through the alphabet-soup the federal government uses to describe the nation’s newly revised mortgage-application process, understanding […]
Are You Entitled to Free Speech in your HOA?
by Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities Blog, Coalition for Community Housing Policy in the Public Interest (Chppi.org) As the 2016 Presidential election campaign heats up, so do political sign controversies in homeowners associations. Here’s a perfect example from Florida, a dispute over a Hillary Clinton sign in a resident’s window. Help Me Howard, Channel 7 […]
MILLENNIALS RENT & WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN DREAM OF HOMEOWNERSHIP?
Written By: Don DeBat With more and more Millennials choosing to rent apartments, many housing advocates are asking: “Whatever happened to the American Dream of homeownership?” Owning a home once was considered essential to the stability and future of the United States, experts say. When President Bill Clinton left office in January of 2001, nearly […]
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: Negligent Hedge-Trimming by Condo Association Cited In Death of 9 Yr. Old Boy
The jury ultimately found the driver 10 percent responsible, the condominium association 30 percent responsible, and the property managers 60 percent responsible for the child’s tragic death. The ruling has triggered a whirlwind of hedge-clipping activity at the entrances of many community associations throughout the county. Parents to get $12M verdict in son’s 2011 bicycle […]
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: TENANT IN THE “DOG HOUSE” OVER HOA “DOG” FENCE DECISION
N4T Investigators: Tenant upset over HOA decision over “dog” fence Written By Bret Buganski TUCSON- Is it a reasonable enforcement of the rules, or did one man’s homeowner’s association go too far? Dan D’Agostino has buyer’s remorse after renting a new home in Continental Ranch. It all centers around an incident where his dog jumped over […]
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: CONDOMINIUM OWNERS IN LEGAL LATHER OVER SHARED POOL
Condo owners start legal fight over shared poolby Chad Abraham, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Chateau Roaring Fork trying to partition off pool, meeting room from neighbors The owners of two of Aspen’s longest-existing condominium complexes are embroiled in a legal fight over the future of the outdoor pool and meeting room they share. The […]