Dedicated to Resident-Owned Mobile Home, RV, and Subdivision Communities
ROC managers, board members and the professionals that advise them quite often long for the "good old days" when the Florida Statutes governing condominium associations (Chapter 718) and cooperative associations (Chapter 719) were almost identical in provisions concerning elections, eligibility to run for the board, and waivers of financial reporting requirements.
Those days are, for…
The dates and locations for the resident-owned community seminars we’ll be conducting in February are now set. We’ll discuss helpful hints for conducting annual membership meetings and other unit owner meetings and will also provide some insights into the importance of screening potential owners, occupants, and guests in your communities. We’ll also leave time for…
What can the directors or other members of a ROC do when the President refuses a request to bring an item before the board for consideration?
There are a number of factors that should be considered in answering this question:
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The headline of Sunday’s edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reads "Condo Groups in Financial Pain". The story accompanying that headline details the severe economic problems many condominium associations face as a result of the ongoing foreclosure crisis. The article is well worth reading and contains examples of how several associations are attempting to survive a…