Links—US sites
Habitat Magazine
Habitat magazine is an independent publication with paid circulation
targeting decision-makers at the 8000+ residential co-ops, condos, and
homeowner associations in the New York City greater metropolitan area.
It is an independent publication as unique as New York. Their mission
is to bring information and human-interest stories to champion
awareness, education and empowerment among board directors.
http://www.habitatmag.com/
New
England Condo, HOA & Co-op Monthly
A very nice newsletter
http://www.newenglandcondo.com/
ECHO
The Educational Community for Homeowners (ECHO) is a nonprofit
membership corporation dedicated to assisting California homeowners
associations. Our mission is "Serving Community Associations", and we
provide help to homeowners associations on many fronts: finances, legal
issues, insurance, maintenance and management. Members receive help
through conferences, trade shows, seminars, a bi-monthly full-color
magazine and publications.
http://www.echo-ca.org/
Michigan Condominium Buyer's Handbook
The Condominium Buyer’s Handbook is a guide for people who are
interested in buying a condominium. For your protection, you should
read this booklet before you sign a purchase agreement.
http://bit.ly/21Qj6r6
Better Condo Life
A condo director's blog on condo living for directors and owners. Very
well written.
http://bettercondolife.com/
Neighbors
At War
A blog that is an addition to a professionally written book that
describes the risks of joining a Home Owners Association in the United
States. Condo owners in Ontario face some of these same battles.
http://neighborsatwar.com/
Independent
American Communities
The purpose of this blog is to inform and educate readers with current
news and analysis related to all the different kinds of condos and HOAs.
http://independentamericancommunities.com/
How to
fight your HOA
A very good list of ideas on how to fight your homeowners associations
but it fails to list the best idea of all. "Sell and get out."
http://bit.ly/18BoS32
Homeowner
Associations - A great evil on our land
A rant against Home Owner Associations.
http://bit.ly/1yjzQg4
Coalition for
homeowner protection & reform of HOA laws
Jim Lane from North Carolina started this website.
http://bit.ly/2aGUXPz
HOA Warrior
Did you realize how many rights you abdicated when you bought into a
Planned Development Community (Condo, HOA, POA, Gated Community)?
Maybe you did know, read the documents and considered them reasonable.
You were protected, right? Then everything changed. Most likely, a few
power hungry owners were elected to the board and suddenly no matter
how reasonable your documents were, your directors are not.
http://www.hoawarrior.com/index.html
The HOA Detective
The idea for the CRC REPORT™ is the brainchild of Ms. Broili, whose
experience working in the community management industry led her to the
conclusion that buyers who purchased homes in a homeowners association
(HOA) were often misled, or at the very least “under-informed,” with
respect to the fiscal stability of the HOA they were buying into.
https://hoadetective.com/
Grass roots help for owners in an association
Resources listed by state.
http://hoawarrior.com/grassroots.html
Hammocks Community Truth Seekers (Florida)
Welcome! Here we bring the truth to light, call attention to issues
that affect all Hammocks residents and encourage homeowners to be
actively involved in the business of the Hammocks Community
Association. We invite you to participate... This is your home. You
live here too! Please note that this blog is not affiliated with the
official website of the Hammocks Community Association, Inc.
http://hammockscommunitytruthseekers.blogspot.ca/
HOA
Corruption
A site that lists all the tales of corruption in American condos and
HOAs that it can gather.
http://www.hoacorruption.com/
The
King of All Vegas
Real Estate Scams
A twisted tale of how
homeowners were bilked by those they least suspected: their neighbours
A fascinating story on how four retired ladies exposed the biggest
condo fraud so far in American history.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine
Consumer Affairs
Has a good homes & gardens section that informs us of condo and HOA
abuses in the United States.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/homeowners.htm
Condo & HOA
News
An American website for condominiums and Home Owner Associations. Very
good site for all the news on American condo issues.
http://communityassociations.net/
HOA Savers
Advice for HOA owners and potential buyers.
http://www.hoasavers.com/
HOA Owner Advocates
Featuring the HOA Wall of Shame.
http://www.hoaowneradvocates.com/
Hello Tanoa
Tanoa Lynne Poirier is a Community Association Manager, Author and Real
Estate Broker celebrating her eighth year in business.
http://www.hellotanoa.com/blogs/
Arizona Home
Owners Association
A clearing house for frustrated Arizona HOA members. Here you can blog,
learn, research dispute resolution, and share experiences.
http://arizonahoa.blogspot.ca/
HOA Reform
Coalition of Texas
This Texas-based website is a great site to read why buying a home in
an HOA or buying a condo is a risky investment. Be sure to read the
Opinion page as it has a lot of good information.
http://hoareformcoalition.org/
Association
Evaluation
A private company, based in Illinois, that evaluates the financial and
physical condition of condominiums and HOAs.
https://associationevaluation.com/
NOLA Neighbors
We are a broad-based coalition of community partners in favor of smart
Short Term Rental policies that maintain the integrity of our
neighborhoods and nurture the culture that defines New Orleans.
http://nolaneighbors.com/
Bullied by the state parkway condominium association board
This is a blog about the fraud, oppression, and misapplication or
wasting of assets at The State Parkway Condominium — a 160-unit
high-rise located in Chicago’s Gold Coast. The building’s address is
1445 North State Parkway.
https://bulliedbythestateparkwaycondominiumassociationboard.wordpress.com/
Hidden Valley Lake Association (CA)
HVL started as a golf/retirement enclave in 1968. Rapid growth began by
1995. Growth accelerated from 2000 to 2010 resulting in an ecelctic
family-based community today.
A golf-subculture within HVL has steadfastly resisted
ethical/standardized management and family-oriented changes. This has
deeply divided the Community and has caused severe fiscal prolems. HVL
Owner Advocate seeks to keep HVLA on the ethical, productive path
forward.
http://www.hvlowneradvocate.x10host.com/
Florida
Cyber Citizens For
Justice, Inc.
This is not a Florida-based owner's web site that talks about a single
condo property but a web site that supports owners against entrenched,
corrupt and/or power-mad condo boards.
Not only does this site tell us the horror stories born in Florida but
it also informs us about condo horror stories from across the United
States.
Extra
feature:
Listen to the Condo Owner's song that comes on when you go to this site.
Take a look and listen at:
http://www.ccfj.net/index.html
We the People of
Coral Point
A group of owners in a small Florida condo have a new president who is
introducing many changes, especially new rules.
If this trend goes on, Coral Point Condo, a building of merely 23
units, maybe 50 residents at most, probably less considering the
seemingly growing number of empty units, will soon have more rules and
regulations than residents.
http://wethepeopleofcoralpoint.blogspot.ca/
Florida
HOA & Condo Blog
An interesting site for anyone owning a condo in southern Florida
http://www.hoa-condoblog.com/index.html
Tales
From the Galt Gulag
Horror stories abound at the condo towers on Galt Ocean Mile.
This detailed story describes the corruption and police indifference
that the homeowners at a Florida condo had to deal with.
http://www.ccfj.net/condogaltgulag.html
Pets in
condos
Here is a group fighting to allow pets in Florida's condos.
http://www.petsincondos.org/
Directory of
Credentialed Professionals
Accredited HOA/condo property managers in the United States
https://www.camicb.org/find-a-cmca
Law firm blogs—USA
Blog
Hosted by J. Roger Wood PLLC, Tucson, Arizona
http://jrogerwoodlaw.com/homepage/category/blog/
Condo
Law Blog
This blog written by Beth A. Grimm, a California lawyer
This is a very informative website. American Condo/HOA Acts are
different that what we live with here in Ontario but the basics are
very similar. Well worth reading.
http://condolawguru.com/
Tarley Robertson
Law Offices
Based in Williamsburg Virginia, Tarley Robertson has a very nice
Twitter account and website,
http://tarleyrobinson.com/
Adams Kessler
PLC
A very interesting website from a California law firm. It even has
cartoons and humorous posters.
http://www.davis-stirling.com/#axzz32D9jnWAJ
The Community
Association Law Blog
By Donna DiMaggio Berger
This blog deals with condo legal issues along the American east coast.
A very nive site.
http://www.communityassociationlawblog.com/
The Condo &
HOA Law Bulletin
This is a very nice blog on Florida condo & HOA legal issues.
http://thecondoandhoalawbulletin.com/
Law Offices of
Herb M. Milgrim P.A.
The Law Offices of Herb Milgrim, P.A. is a Florida Condo Owner
Law Firm that fights for Condo Owners rights in some of the most
heavily populated areas like Miami, Aventura and Sunny Isles, Fort
Lauderdale, Boca Raton and Palm Beach.
http://www.floridacondoattorneys.com/
The Law Office
of J. Patrick Sutton PLLC
A very good website from a small law firm in Austin Texas. It has good
advice for condo and HOA owners fighting their boards.
Check out the "Issues Blog".
http://www.jpatricksuttonlaw.com/index.html
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