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The first month of 2013 has been very busy and February promises more of the same:
As mentioned in one of my recent blog entries, we’ll be presenting a seminar for board members of community associations on Friday morning, February 8th at Oakwood Manor in Sarasota. If you’re interested in attending and haven’t already…
The last few weeks of 2012 were extremely busy and the beginning of 2013 promises more of the same.
Here is a list of the speaking engagements and seminars that we’ve scheduled for the next few weeks:
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Marty Pozgay, the President of Florida Community Services Group, recently emailed me with the exciting news that his company has helped another manufactured housing community join the ROC family.
On October 15, the residents of Orange Harbor in Fort Myers purchased their park. Orange Harbor has 364 mobile home sites and 130 recreational vehicle…
I always enjoy sharing positive stories about resident owned communities and the August 22 column by Eric Ernst in the Sarasota Herald Tribune is a great example of cooperative living at its best.
Country Club Estates in Venice is in the midst of a very exciting project that will enhance and increase its…
This morning’s local edition of the Sarasota Herald Tribune featured a column by Eric Ernst with the headline "Tenants Will Pay for Higher Tax Bills".
Owners of real estate interests in Florida received their annual TRIM ("Truth in Millage") notices last month. While a TRIM notice is not the actual real estate tax bill, the…
I was just asked to speak on Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act at two Community Association Workshops scheduled for this month in Southwest Florida.
Both events are free to all community association managers and board members and CAMs can receive CEU credits for both my presentation and other presentations.
The first workshop…
As a follow up to last night’s blog entry about Tropical Storm Debby, Governor Scott has declared a state of emergency for Florida .
Again, managers, board members and residents of ROCs should follow any and all directives issued by state or local authorities, including mandatory evacuation orders.
The National Hurricane Center’s most …
I’ve spent most of the past two days following The Weather Channel and watching the water level in the retention pond behind our home continue to rise with each passing hour.
While full-time Floridians like to joke that hurricane season doesn’t start in our neck of the woods until late July or August, Tropical Storm…
Yesterday’s edition of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel featured a column by Donna DiMaggio Berger, the executive director of the Community Advocacy Network and a partner in the Katzman, Garfinkel and Berger law firm.
In what Ms. Berger calls an "unprecedented move," The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced that it would end…
Carol Grondzik,one of my colleagues in our firm’s Tallahassee office, just forwarded a link that answers many frequently asked questions about the pool accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As I mentioned in one of my earlier blog entries this year, those requirements were set to go into effect in March but have…