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Does your building have a rooftop lease agreement with a wireless carrier or does your association have a telecommunications tower lease agreement? The major wireless carriers (Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint) are actively seeking rent reductions to their existing site lease agreements. The carriers often hire a third party company, who contacts the […]

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Our condominium association clients frequently ask whether they can charge “a new owner fee” or a “working contribution” or “capital contribution” to buyers of a unit. We respond “no.” After our condominium clients get over the initial shock we didn’t provide the usual lawyer answer, “it depends,” the next question usually is “why not”, or […]

Tags Capital Contricution, Fees, Florida Condominium, Florida Condominium Act, Legal, New owner 3 Comments

On May 20 2009, just after the peak of the national foreclosure crisis, a federal statute was enacted to help protect a residential tenant who was renting a unit subject to foreclosure from being evicted without being afforded a reasonable amount of time to find alternative housing. The federal law was known as “Protecting Tenants […]

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As happens far too often, contractors bid on an improvement project, start the work, only to later walk off the job. The contractor might do this for one of many reasons: the job was not bid correctly, prices go up, the laborers demand more money, and anything else that leads the contractor to believe they […]

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Jackie Witt is the President of the Winston Trails Foundation Master Association, an HOA of 1,891 homes in Lake Worth, Florida. Jackie has been on the Board for a total of five years, and she has held the role of President for the past three years. She has also served as Vice President of the […]

Tags HOA president in Florida, Meet the Director, Oakmont Village, Winston Trails, Winston Trails Foundation Master 2 Comments

Mike DeCenzo is the President of The Corniche, a beachfront condominium association of 110 units on Singer Island, Florida. Originally from Massachusetts, where he attended college as well as medical school, Mike began his career as a Urologist in Springfield, Massachusetts. He remained there for 35 years until his retirement. During his career, Mike founded […]

Tags Condo President in Florida, Meet the Director, The Corniche, The Corniche in Singer Island 1 Comment

A necessary duty of Florida’s community associations is to levy and collect assessments to ensure the upkeep of the community. In a perfect world, all owners would timely pay their assessments. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. When owners do not pay, their association often takes legal action including the filing of a lien […]

Tags Assessment, Florida HOA, Florida Legislature, Foreclosure, HOA Declaration, lawsuit, Records 3 Comments

Generally speaking, as a result of sections 720.3085 and 718.116, Florida Statutes, lenders who acquire property as a result of their own foreclosure of their first mortgage against their borrower only owe the association the lesser of 12 months back assessments or 1% of the initial mortgage, whichever is less. This is referred to as […]

Tags Florida 720, Florida Mortgage, Safe Harbor 1 Comment

In addition to House Bill 841, containing this year’s community association legislation, as discussed in prior articles, there are several other pieces of legislation that have made their way through the 2018 Florida legislative session and are now signed into law by Governor Scott that affect, or are of interest to, community associations. The following […]

Tags 2018 Florida Legislature, Florida HOA, Florida Legislature, Marketable Record Title Act, MRTA 3 Comments

Although many boards have the required knowledge, level of commitment, and selfless attitude needed to handle things correctly, things do not always go smoothly. Even when the association has a management company, mistakes sometimes are made by board members, whom are the final decision makers. A lot of boards seem to face the same challenges in Florida […]

Tags Florida Condo Board Members, Florida HOA Board Members, Top 10 Board Member Blunders, Top 10 board member blunders in condos, Top 10 board member blunders in HOAs 1 Comment

Florida Association News Blog

The 411: Rooftop Lease Agreements

Can Condominiums Charge Capital Contribution Fees?

Protecting Tenants At Foreclosure Act of 2009 – Resurrected And Here To Stay

Your Association’s Contractor Walked Off The Job – Now What??

Meet the Director – Jackie Witt

Meet the Director – Mike DeCenzo

The Need To Take Action Consistent With The Declaration And The Need To Keep Accurate Records

Is a First Mortgagee’s “Safe Harbor” Obligations Expanded?

Other 2018 Legislation Affecting Community Associations– A Continuing Series

The Top 10 Board Member Blunders

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