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Q:     The condo association where I live has arbitrarily chosen not to maintain common areas that have bamboo growing out of control. I have 6 years of work order requests to address the issue. Through the board’s negligence it is ...

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Q:       We live in 100 unit condo.   At least two of the condo board members live close to us. Since moving here about three years ago we have witnessed these board members, the president, the secretary, regularly reprimand other residents ...

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Q:   I am sure you have written about this in the past but my girl friend and I plan to buy a condominium later this year. What advice can you give us?   Fred. A:     The first advice is that the ...

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Q:   In May, I was notified that the board of my condo association changed the condo rules (without amending the bylaws) to a rotational leasing slot system where it establishes a waiting list for people who want to rent their ...

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Q:   What to do when the Board does not do what is required by the CC&Rs? Nancy. A:     Great question. You have five alternatives: (1) sue the board for breach of fiduciary duty; (2) organize the unit owners, and mount ...

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Q:     My mother called me around 5pm on this past winter stating she did not have any power. It was extremely cold and I told her to call her condo association and get help quickly since the temp was below ...

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Q:   I live in a large condo complex (350+ units) with seven different associations plus a Master Board. My association consists of only 18 units, the smallest association. As president, I have two questions: (1). Regarding the Master Board, we ...

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Q:   Our condominium is 1960’s vintage and needs a lot of work. Our board has done a great job getting several estimates and bids of the work to be done, and it is anticipated we may have to spend upwards ...

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Q:     We are a small (35) town home association about 17 years old. Over the past 3 to 4 years some of our owners have experienced the waste service line from their home to the sewer in the street break ...

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Q:   I live in an older high rise condominium, which is being victimized by a very clever scam artist. This person buys units in poor condition, renovates them, and sells them for high prices to buyers from out of town ...

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