How Social Media Can Help Your Association
(And How Can You Tell) By: Roy Helsing It is definitely the era of social media. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and countless other choices keep many of us glued to our smart phones, tablets, and desktop computers almost 24/7. Like it or hate it – it is part of life for many, and certainly allows for […]
HOA Reserve Fund Requirements
How Much is Enough and How Can You Tell By: Roy Helsing There is a critical step often missed by the Boards of Directors in determining their association’s HOA reserve fund requirements for the next budget. That is establishing a true understanding of how much is enough. Worded differently, it is how much risk is […]
How Do We Dissolve the Association
How Do We Dissolve the Association? By: Roy Helsing A reader writes: How can we make our association go away? We have minimal common area and it seems like we should be able to just agree amongst the few of us to maintain it and just stop paying all these high dues! We hear this […]
Homeowner Arrested for Questioning HOA
Don’t question your HOA or you might get Arrested! Actually – you should question your HOA if you think what is going on is wrong, but I kept the headline from the Las Vegas Sun because in this case a couple of gentlemen did get arrested. While charges were eventually dropped – it does cause […]
Homeowner Wants to Recall the Board
By: Roy Helsing, The Helsing Group, an HOA MGMT Company Question: I heard from someone in a community in which they want to do a recall on the majority of board members. Can this be done since the board has majority of the member votes? Who can appoint inspectors… If 5% of the membership submits […]
High HOA Delinquency Rates
By: Roy Helsing Question: I am looking to buy my first home, a condo pretty soon. I am already in contract. I love the community and the neighborhood is safe as well. However, the thing that bothers me is that there is an exceptionally high HOA delinquency rates in this community. I was looking to […]
HOA Issues: Hidden Cameras
By: Roy Helsing Question: In our community there has been some suspicious activity that homeowners are rightly concerned about. Now, some have taken to installing motion detection cameras and posting pictures on the unofficial social network page, which is heavily trafficked by homeowners. Are there legal issues with this action, especially considering it does not […]
HOA Board Meetings: Getting Involved
By: Roy Helsing Anne W. requested: “an article about how to both ensure that one’s HOA makes sure to invite members to HOA board meetings or otherwise informs them a meeting is to be held, then makes the member feel like their participation would be valuable to the association, and then how a member can […]
Forgiving Member Assessments
By: Roy Helsing Question: Our association pays $150 a meeting for a meeting room in a hotel. We have no on-site place to meet. Why can’t we just forgive $100 per meeting to someone off their assessments if they volunteer their home for the meeting? It seems like a great plan, anything to get more […]
