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Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Legal, Management, Staff, Vendors by FAN
Despite all the great work done by volunteer condo and HOA board members, the actions of a few bad apples have resulted in law changes that could label a casual lunch meeting an illegal kickback! Board Members (and Managers) cannot accept anything of value from someone providing or proposing to provide services to their association without paying […]
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Legal, Pets, Safety, Service Animals by FAN
Can a Florida condominium, homeowners’, and cooperative association have liability for its members’ dog bites? Apparently, the answer is yes, it surely can. In 1996, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida in Barrwood Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Maser, held that an association could be found liable where there was sufficient evidence from which […]
Monday, August 28th, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Property Maintenance, Vendors by FAN
Every true Floridian knows that summers in The Sunshine State can be punishing. Florida is beautiful, but whoever said that the entire state is a paradise never actually spent all his or her summers here. And while air conditioning makes life bearable during the hottest months of the year, you probably wouldn’t be able to […]
Friday, August 25th, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, Management by FAN
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Legal by FAN
In a recent Rembaum’s Association Roundup article regarding Florida’s newest non-native invasion of overnight rentals through Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO) and AirBnB, we discussed what an association can do in order to protect its community from becoming the newest unnamed hotel/motel through the adoption of lease restrictions and lease approval requirements. Although these methods […]
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Legal by FAN
While much of the 2017 legislation recently passed into law affects only condominium associations, Senate Bill 39 (a.k.a., the “Estoppel Bill”) affects condominium, homeowners’, and cooperative associations. In regard to the Estoppel Bill, remember that in addition to the statutorily required information which must be provided in the association’s estoppel (the subject of prior articles […]