Hosting Virtual Meetings via Zoom | What You Need to Know
Contributing Author: Jeffrey A. Rembaum, Esq., BCS, Kaye Bender Rembaum The most asked question of 2020 is this: Can our association host our board and annual meetings using Zoom or another similar virtual/electronic platform? There is no doubt that technology will always advance faster than legislation. In fact, advances in technology seem to take place […]
Four Tips to Neutralize Discrimination in a Community
This topic is not intended to be provocative. It is unfortunate that Boards not only have to deal with unruly behavior, but that they also have to – from time to time – deal with racism and discriminatory behavior, too. Here are five suggestions for stopping such behavior, curated from interviews with several attorneys, managers […]
Dealing with the Liability of ‘Difficult’ Residents
Bad neighbors are something that everyone living with shared walls fears—and not without cause; co-op or condo, small or large, chances are there’s at least one chronically objectionable person who seems to do his or her level best to annoy, thwart, and agitate his or her neighbors, and otherwise disrupt the peaceful functioning of the […]
Condominium Owners Get Access to Association Records
Florida’s Condominium Act goes a long way to ensure transparency in governance and operation of a condominium association. The earliest version of the Act required associations maintain accounting records in accordance with good accounting practices. Associations were not only required to “balance the books,” but also to keep copies of invoices, receipts and similar documents. […]
Understanding How Your Condominium Insurance Works—The Individual vs. Master Policy Coverages
A condominium can be defined as a single real estate unit in a multi-unit development in which a person has both separate ownership of a unit and a common interest, along with the development’s other owners, in the common areas. Insuring your condominium is often not so easy, especially since it usually requires that you […]