Whether your community is a condominium, subdivision, or you live in a cooperative, one of the most important functions of your association is to plan for an execute repairs and maintenance of common elements, areas, or assets. This requires money, which almost always...
On more than once occasion, I have had clients say things akin to “well, can’t we just sue them and see what happens?” or “what if we just say that he/she did this, then they can’t win their case, right?” The answer to both of these questions is “no.” It’s my job as...
Private land is bought, sold, or transferred using deeds. This Blog will address the four most common types of deeds in Michigan and what each of the different types guarantee. Warranty Deed A warranty deed provides the strongest protection to a buyer. The “warranty”...
Residential association managers and directors should bear in mind that association members (co-owners or homeowners) will always have some rights to review Association records. These requests can sometimes seem burdensome, but, given the unique and complex...
In order for there to be effective administration of your community, the Association’s board, the manager and Association legal counsel should be working together, and in their proper roles. This blog will briefly and generally examine these roles and how they...
A healthy working relationship between a residential association and its professional manager goes a long way toward making a successful residential community. Property managers typically have years and years of experience in community management and are able to...
Things fall apart. While in an ideal world, residential associations will have adequate reserves set aside to pay for repair and replacement of big-ticket items for which they have responsibility—things like pavement projects, roof replacement, siding replacement,...
When a dispute arises there are a few different ways to handle it. In some difficult situations solving this dispute in court is the best solution but there are drawbacks. Litigation is expensive, time-consuming, stressful and unpredictable; it disrupts people’s lives...
Unfortunately, some condominium co-owners feel that they're above the bylaws and continue to leave their assessment fees unpaid. If you on a condominium association’s board of directors and want to clean-up any delinquencies, there are steps that you can take. 1)...
Many times when people decide to purchase a piece of real property (land/real estate) together, they do not understand that how title is held to that property can have serious implications down the road. This is especially true when the relationship between the people...
