Chapter 8 of this 2014 book looks at what can go wrong.
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Escaping Condo Jail – Through Chapter 7
More excerpts from the first part of this 2014 book including bringing up CAI.
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To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 2
Not being a member of the Board of Directors, based on this email:
Michael Milazzo
From:mikem@cpepropertymanagement.com
To:John Bury
Cc:Jessica Reyes
Tue, Apr 28 at 12:12 PM
Good Afternoon John,
I wanted to reach out to share the results of last night’s meeting. There were a total of 58 votes to recall you from the board, effective at adjournment of the meeting.
Thank you,
Mike Milazzo
I am not planning on attending any more meetings since I have no expectation of being heard or told anything of importance, such as:
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Escaping Condo Jail – 2: To Catch a Thief
Chapter 2 of this 2014 book offers a few examples of theft and why it can be easy.
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Escaping Condo Jail – 1: Bully Boards, Gulag Gangs, and the Mob
Chapter 1 of this 2014 book offers a few examples of bully boards in actions with some suggested responses.
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Escaping Condo Jail – 9: Rigging the Election
Whereas most books on Homeowners Associations focus on running them right this 2014 book examines what can go wrong with self governance when boards run amok. I will look at all the chapters in separate blog posts but Chapter 9 particularly hit home for me. Excerpts follow:
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To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners
Rather than having a bunch of youtube links and attachments in a mass email to all of you I am putting the main points in this blog post.
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Back at the Mike
We welcomed back our Olympian on the night I came back to the mike nearing the end of the fourth hour of the meeting. The differences are stark. They do more here than tolerate you.
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THEY LISTEN! I only mentioned it in passing but when it came time to vote on this agenda item:
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5 Apr
HOA Boards – Including the Rogue Ones
Subtitled What You Need to Know, but Weren’t Told the book put forth a wealth of useful information for new members (like me) of a homeowners association board of directors and hit home with Chapter 11: Rogue Directors and Boards.
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Insurance Regulation in America: Fifty Watchdogs, One Closed Door
Chis Tobe touches on two topics, state regulation of insurance and transparency, that I have long been interested in, and particularly these days.
Below are excerpts from the article along with an example of how this dysfunctional pairing is impacting me.
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