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I’m typing this blog entry on an absolutely beautiful afternoon in Sarasota. Sunshine, low humidity and temperatures in the mid-seventies. It’s hard to believe that it’s been just six weeks since Hurricane Irma rampaged through our state and disrupted our lives.
All in all,most of the resident owned communities we work with were spared…
I’m sure everyone reading this post is well aware that Florida is being threatened by a massive and powerful hurricane that has already caused numerous deaths and incredible destruction over the past few days.
I’m typing this on Thursday afternoon (September 7th) and Hurricane Irma remains a Category 5 system capable of causing additional catastrophic…
Most Floridians know that our real "hurricane season" begins around the time that thoughts turn to football and our students returning to school. This year is no different as we have been following the progress of Tropical Storm Erika.
Earlier today, Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency. While the path and intensity…
Florida’s Governor has signed into law Senate Bill 807 which contains very important changes to the laws governing resident owned communities. I’ll discuss many of those in future entries to this blog but since we’re now into hurricane season, I thought I’d first highlight the creation of Florida Statute Sections 719.128 and 720.316…
Now that Memorial Day is behind us, and many of our "snowbirds" have returned to their northern homes, my blog followers who are managers or board members in resident owned manufactured housing cooperatives can turn their attention to subsections (5) and (6) Florida Statute Section 719.1055.
When I last checked, none of the manufactured…
Briny Breezes is a resident owned manufactured housing cooperative located in Palm Beach County.
Two of the community’s sea walls that protected the cooperative property needed repairs and upgrades. The directors of Briny Breezes, Inc., the cooperative association that owns and operates the community, hired an engineer who reported that the required repairs and upgrades…
You’ll want to catch our next installment of "Community Matters" as Kevin Wells and I will be discussing therapy and companion pets and service animals with the manager of a large resident owned community in Sarasota County and a representative from Southeastern Guide Dogs.
"Community Matters" airs on WSRQ (1220 AM and 106.9 FM) on…
Earlier this week, Florida’s Insurance Commissioner encouraged homeowners in our state to purchase flood insurance prior to May 1 in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, which, as you may have read, has been predicted to be very active.
Purchasing or renewing a flood insurance policy prior to May 1 will also allow…
Earlier today, I received an email from the Community Association Institute’s Florida Legislative Alliance ("FLA") alerting me to bills to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session in Tallahassee.
According to the email, Senate Bill 286 and House Bill 575 "will have a serious negative impact on community associations and other consumers of design professional…
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…