Blog Post For: Common Interest Developments

A client of ours was a party to an transaction and new to HOA’s so we wanted to be sure they had as much information as possible to get them off on the right foot. We made the usual inquiries during the due diligence – contingency period (solvency review of financials including budget, reserve study, […]

Owners of Common Interest Developments and association boards should really look at earthquake risk mitigation. Sometimes we all forget that we live in an area of high seismic activity, and it is just a matter of time before we are hit with a quake that could be moderate, large or the big one. Scientists have […]

This November, voters will decide the course of real estate in many areas as Tax Transfer Initiative (Prop 5), and the Costa Hawkins repeal (Prop 10) will have their fate decided. Another piece of legislation that has drawn criticism from real estate organizations, Common Interest Development attorneys and Community Associations is SB 1265. The bill […]

During my many years of managing residential properties including a period as assistant manager of the HOA Division of a large real estate firm in Los Angeles, I found that there were often request for the review of specific records including association financials. Some of the request were made in light of pending litigation against […]