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- Category: Featured
- Category: Insight
- 2022 Legislative Session in Florida Wrap Up with Yeline Goin, Becker & Poliakoff
- Take It to the Board: Keeping Cool With Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County
- Community Update – September 2021
- Take It to the Board: Association Advocacy with Commissioner Mary Molina-Macfie, City of Weston, FL
- Take It to the Board: Reserve Funds and Studies with Robert Nordlund, Founder and CEO, Association Reserves
- Condo Owners, Put Your Masks Back On. COVID Rules Are Returning
- Sweeping New Association Law Takes Effect in Florida
- Donna DiMaggio Berger Addresses Service Animal/ESA Challenge for Community Associations
- Legislative Changes on the Horizon
- Take It To The Board! Becker Launches Community Association Podcast
- Your Condo Building Still Can Require Masks & Much More
- Symbols of Change
- Does New Law SB 72 Protect Community Associations From COVID-19 Claims?
- SPOTLIGHT: Donna DiMaggio Berger, Community Association Law
- Lawyer Up
- Community Association Boards Face Holiday Challenges During Pandemic
- Fewer Snowbirds Flocking to Florida as COVID-19 Persists
- 10 Things to Know About Florida’s New Emotional Support Animal Law
- “Opinion: Condo Associations Must Set Clear Coronavirus Rules – and Enforce Them,” Miami Herald
- How to Minimize Coronavirus Risk in Fla. Residential Communities
- Water leaks in your condo: Who’s responsible? | Opinion
- Community Associations Threatened With Website Litigation Under the ADA
- Condo Boards Can’t Turn Down Applicants Just Because They Don’t Like Them
- Are there skeletons in your Association’s closet?
- “I SEE YOU”: The Growing Demand to Install Video Doorbells in Multifamily Buildings
- Negligent Security Case Costs Association and Management Company Significant Money
- The Association Can Inform the Members but Not Tip the Scales!
- A Primer on Budgeting and Reserves
- FL Division of Condos Proposes Greater Financial Penalties on Associations
- Know What You Are Getting into Before Your Board Agrees to an Indemnification Clause
- Should Your Association Eliminate Some of Your Outdated Rules?
- When Construction Occurs Next Door, Your Board Needs to Get Involved Early!
- Summer Shut-Down Considerations for Seasonal Communities
- Improve Your Members’ Chances of Casting a Successful Election Ballot
- New Year’s Resolutions for Your Board
- In Defense of HOAs
- A Rude Awakening: Your Board May Not Have the Right to Screen Leases and Sales at All!
- A Different Kind of Blog Post: A Letter to My Children
- Associations Dealing with Unique Problems Post Hurricane Irma
- Five Mistakes Your Board of Directors Can Avoid if Hurricane Irma Hits
- When Differences Turn into Dysfunction: Why Your Board of Directors Needs a Code of Conduct
- Going Too Far Down the Rabbit Hole: How Our National Political Discourse Parallels Our Community Association Discourse
- “What’s in a Name?” Quite a Bit, Particularly for Association Board Members Who Have Been Defamed.
- Be Prepared to Answer the Question “Why?” if You Want to Defuse Conflict in Your Community
- Part III of the Breaking Up Series: Leaving the Past Behind You
- Part II of the Breaking Series: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lawyer
- Email Intelligence – Does Your Board Possess It?
- Breaking up is hard to do: PART I – How to Navigate Management Company Transitions
- Will Your Community Association be Sponsored by Advertisers Someday?
- If Hillary and Donald Were Running for Your Condo or HOA Board Which One Would Get Your Vote?
- Indemnity Provisions Can Leave Associations Holding the Bag for Someone’s Wrongdoing!
- Pokemon GO…. Away! Mobile Game Can Spell Headaches for Private Residential Communities.
- How to Prevent an “Act of God” from Derailing Your Community.
- Why You Need to Listen to The Dissenting Voices In Your Community
- Mistakes Both Presidential and Association Candidates Make When Trying to Get Your Vote!
- There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute – Just Make Sure Your Association Isn’t One of Them
- Problem Parking in your Community Association?
- Why Do Most People Hate Paying Legal Fees?
- Clearly defining nuisance activity in your governing documents can help association boards avoid future headaches
- Does Your Community’s Relationship with Your Insurance Agent Qualify as a “Special Relationship”?
- 12 Angry Men-Classic Movie or Average Association Master Board Meeting?
- Is It Time for Local and State Governments to Do Some of the Heavy Lifting for Community Associations When It Comes to Secondhand Smoke?
- How Important Is It to Have a Title on Your Association’s Board of Directors?
- Why Do Some Association Boards Decide to “Go It Alone”
- Trust but Verify-Does Your Board Do Its “Due Diligence” When Selecting Professional Advisers and Vendors?
- What Is Your Community’s Most Outlandish Emotional Support Animal Request?
- Defining a Nuisance in Your Community
- Filling out Lender and Title Agency Questionnaires-Should Your Community Association Take the Extra Step?
- When Tragedy Strikes in a Community Association
- Multiculturalism and Your Community Association
- Videotaping Community Association Meetings-Where Do the Owners’ Rights Start and the Directors’ Rights End?
- Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness-Especially in a Community Association!
- How Can Your Attorney Help Build Your Community’s Brand?
- Does Your Condominium, Cooperative or HOA Board Know If and When It Is Appropriate to Grant a Hardship Exemption?
- Does Your Board Undertake “Due Diligence”?
- Five Things a Community Association Board of Directors Should Never Do!
- Building and Protecting a Brand for Your Community Association-Part 1 of a 3-Part Series on Association Branding!
- Which Affirmative Defenses Might Derail Your Community’s Enforcement Efforts?
- Construction Cranes Are Going up but Would You Buy a New Condo?
- Some Guidance for New Board Members
- Should Your Community Seek FHA Certification?
- Moms’ Best Advice for Community Associations
- Does Your Community Association Have Its Own Brand?
- How Well Informed Are You on Directors & Officers Coverage?
- Is Anyone Performing Background Checks on Directors?
- An Owner’s Right to Privacy vs. Association’s Need to Perform Preventative Services
- My Emotional Support Animal Is Bigger Than Yours!
- Five Things Your Board of Directors and Neighbors Won’t Tell You.
- Are Golf Course Communities Becoming a Thing of the Past?
- A Legal Homecoming
- “A Man Cannot Serve Two Masters” – Directors and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Are Developers Starting to Build Consistently with Community Association Trends?
- When Your Home Is Also Your Office: Dealing with Single Family Use Restrictions
- Common Elements Require Common Sense
- Squatters Rent out Foreclosed Properties – Today’s Realities
- Does Your Board Define the Problem Before Passing Rules?
- Do You Know an Association Manager Worthy of the Manager of the Year Award?
- Has Your Community Ever Encountered a Non-Compete Clause?
- Do You Know What Air Bed & Breakfast Is and How It Might Impact Your Community?
- Not Every Child Should Grow up to Be a Lawyer
- Should Community Association Boards Speak to the Media?
- Have You Ever Been the Victim of a Crime in Your Community Association?
- Do You Attend Community Association Trade Shows?
- And the Academy Award Goes To…..Your Community Association?
- Should Associations Articulate the Reason for Denying a Proposed Renter or Purchaser?
- Could Academic Principles Transform Private Residential Communities?
- Where Does Your Condominium, Cooperative or HOA Board Hold Its Meetings?
- How to Start Building a Valuable Brand for Your Community Association? Part II of Our Branding Series!
- Think Before You Hit Send: Directors, Managers and Emails
- What Is Keeping People from Serving on Their Community Association Boards?
- What Will Trayvon Martin’s Legacy Be for Community Associations?
- What Lengths Would You Go to in Order to Stop Speeding in Your Community?
- Three Things Every Community Association Board of Directors Should Never Underestimate
- Do You Have Directors Who Are Missing in Action?
- What Are the Real Reasons for Certain Association Rules?
- Association Restrictions a Welcome Relief from Ineffective City Ordinances?
- What Individual Owner Behaviors Pose a Safety and Security Risk for Your Community?
- My Time on My HOA Board
- Owner Sues HOA Board for Failing to Preserve Restrictive Covenants
- Jury Finds Condo Association and Management Company 90% Liable for Child’s Death
- Should Boards Reveal the Names of Delinquent Owners?
- Are Folks Really Being Forced to Buy Homes Inside Associations?
- Leaning In: Is there a Gender Gap on Community Association Boards?
- Category: Legislation
- Is Your Building Nearing its 40th Birthday?
- Some States are protecting First Amendment Rights in Private Residential Communities. Will the Sunshine State follow suit?
- Deadline looms for older Florida High-Rises to Install Engineered Life Safety Systems!
- Countdown to 7/1/18 and the New Website Requirements for FL Condominium Associations
- Can Your Community Association Stop Bullying and Harassment in Their Tracks?
- Could Your Community Association Turn into the Next Confederate Symbol Battleground?
- YOU ASKED AND WE DELIVERED! Florida High-Rises Achieve ELSS Opt Out Rights!
- FL Associations Beware: Governor Signs Law Today which Shortens Screening Time for Members of the Military!
- Attention Boards: Your Two Favorite Menaces Have Combined: Airbnb and Pets!
- The Fuss about Florida’s Fire Sprinkler Opt Out Deadline
- Are Criminal Background Checks For New Purchasers and Renters in a Community Association Discriminatory?
- Association Rules Specifying Children Can Spell Trouble!
- Part II of Guns in Community Associations – Can your Board of Directors Restrict or Prohibit Firearms In and On the Common Areas?
- Can your Board of Directors Ban Guns in Your Community?
- Why Should Your Community Consider Trademarking its Name and Logo?
- Florida’s Community Association Arbitrators Seek Salary Review
- Will Florida’s New Online Election Law for Community Associations Spell Welcome Relief or More Headaches?
- U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Fair Housing Law Could Have Wide-Ranging Impact on Community Associations
- Has Your Community Ever Assigned Your Post-Loss Claim or Insurance Policy Benefits to a Contractor? Two Recent Court Rulings Uphold Your Right to Do So.
- Florida Shared Ownership Statutes Continue to Catch up with Digital Age
- Words Matter: Is Your Board Precise with Its Terminology?
- Should You Stay or Should You Go? Directors- Think Twice Before Tendering That Resignation!
- What Exactly Does Grandfathering Mean in Your Community?
- Could Your Condominium Be Voluntarily Terminated?
- Does Your Community File the Proper Tax Return?
- Directors Do Your Duty!
- Court Rebukes Delinquent Landlord Who Attempts to Evict Tenants Paying Rent to Condominium Association
- Condominium Association Could Pay Price for Failing to Comply with Division’s Discovery Demands
- Hanging On: Directors Who Fail to Turn over Association Records and Property
- Bank Awarded Fees After Condominium Association Pushes Too Far!
- Annual Check-up for Community Associations
- Speedier Bank Foreclosures in Florida Thanks to Recent Legislation!
- The Tax Man Cometh for Associations Too!
- Recent Florida Supreme Court Ruling Helps Association Injured by Insurance Broker
- Different Perspectives on Foreclosures Could Hurt Association Bill’s Chances
- Hanging on for Far Too Long…Developers’ Reservation of Rights Often Pose Long-Term Problems for Association Residents
- Category: News
- Donna DiMaggio Berger Appears on Money Matters Top Tips Podcast
- Mutual of Omaha’s 10th Annual Leadership Summit
- Mental Health Issues in a Community Association Context
- Your Florida Board of Directors Now Has Emergency Powers as a Result of Hurricane Irma; What Will You Do With Them?
- Zika Virus and Your Community Association
- Online Voting Could Spell the End to Association Election Fraud in Florida!
- Medical Marijuana, Google Glass and Other New Subjects for Association Use Restrictions
- New Blog Name…Even Broader View of Community Association Issues!
- BP Oil Is Still Paying on Claims. Could Your Association or Individual Community Members Be Eligible?
- Pro Se Appellant Wins Big Against Bank
- What I learned at the Annual CAI Law Seminar
- Is Secondhand Smoke Impacting your Community? Take CAN’s Up In Smoke Survey.
- Community Associations and Property Insurance: Many Questions, Many Concerns
- Do You Know the Top 10 Costliest U.S. Natural Disasters from 1980-2010?
- Category: Q & A
- Las Olas Lifestyle’s Women of Influence: Donna DiMaggio Berger
- Guess Who’s Coming to Speak? Florida Condominium Owners Have Statutory Right to Invite a Candidate for Public Office or a Public Officer to Speak in Common Areas.
- What Are Your Board’s Rights and Obligations with Regard to Sales and Financing in Your Community?
- Getting A Mulligan (Do-Over) for Your Board in 2018
- Community Association Questions Post Hurricane Irma
- Would You Know If Financial Fraud Is Taking Place in Your Community?
- The 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Florida Fire Sprinkler Retrofits
- Could Defective Pipes Be The Cause of Unexplained Water Leaks in Your Building?
- Five Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before Serving on Your Association’s Board
- Governing Documents Determine How Parking Spaces Are Defined