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New Florida Condo Bill Filed by Senator Garcia Includes Criminal Penalties

Last month, the State Attorney for Miami-Dade County released a Grand Jury Report titled “Addressing Condo Owners’ Pleas for Help:  Recommendations for Legislative Action”.  You can read the Miami-Herald Article about the Grand Jury Report here.

Departing Condominium Board Member Must Relinquish Keys Within Five Days

Question: Recently, our association’s president resigned and took a job with our management company at another complex. While our office manager was on vacation this former president was in her office for a few hours. If he resigned …

Condo Owner Blocks Association from Collecting Assessment

Appellate Court Allows Owner to Seek Injunctive Relief and Reverses Award of Attorney’s Fees and Costs. In Mitchell v. Beach Club of Hallandale Condominium Association, Inc., 17 So.3d 1265 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), the …

E-mails, Instant Messages (IM), Twitter & Board Meetings

Magazines/Newspapers, TV shows, movies, and radio programs are all a buzz about people communicating instantly through Twitter, IM, e-mails and the like. Too often we are tempted to shoot off an email or see someone on IM and shoot them …

Three Important Considerations if Your Condominium’s Website is Maintained by Your Management Company

Every condominium association managing a condominium with 25 or more units, excluding timeshare units, is now required to have a website (which may be a web portal) or application and a laundry list …

Perils and Pitfalls of Social Media in Community Associations

Social media has transformed the way people communicate. In restaurants you can look around and see people “dining together” while on their cell phone. I was at a movie theater this weekend and …

Vacation Rentals and Community Associations

Over the past few years, Airbnb and VRBO (collectively referred to as “Vacation Rentals”) have become a very popular form of short-term rental. Vacation Rentals include a range of rentals from houses, condos, or in some instances rooms for a …

The Plan – Identifying the Potential Consequences of a Disaster

The first step toward developing and implementing a disaster plan is identifying the potential consequences of a disaster. The second step is to develop and implement a plan to mitigate the impact of a disaster to the fullest extent possible. …

Dos and Don’ts for HOA Board Members When It Comes to E-Discovery

You were just elected as a member of the board for your association and with that election comes a series of responsibilities. With so many people living in your building, along with those who service the building, odds are you …

Community Update – August 2019

In this Issue

Community Associations must learn to effectively communicate amongst themselves. Over time, more and more messages have become electronic, social media has become …