New year, new board, new budget. It doesn’t always work that way, but it is common that one of the first things a new board of a condo or homeowner association will want to do is go over the budget and make sure that there is no looming expense that will create...
Few things in the world are more heated than disputes between neighbors in a condo association. This is why the question of who is entitled to see a Condo Board’s Minutes in Florida is so pressing. While the request being granted (or denied) can seem arbitrary,...
History is connected to the present in many ways – some social, some cultural, some legal. And the fact is that many homeowner associations built their initial covenants, conditions, and restrictions (better known as CC&Rs) not from scratch but from a series of...
The city St. Augustine has the claim as the oldest city in the US, with its founding back in September of 1565. Most title searches in Florida don’t go that far back. But how far back do title searches in Florida go? The truth is that each title search goes back as...
Buying a home is often the biggest transaction anyone makes in their life. There are so many moving parts in the process it can become overwhelming. As you hurtle through the process in the mad dash to closing dealing with multiple realtors, inspectors,...
