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
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Retrofitting and Mobile Home ROC’s
By Scott Gordon
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)…
4th Annual CA Festival This Month in Venice
By Scott Gordon
There’s a great opportunity for managers and board members of resident owned communities scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, at the Venice Community Center. It’s the 4th Annual Community Association Festival, complete with free breakfast and lunch, prizes, food, steel…
CA Day, Community Matters, and Board Training
By Scott Gordon
I’m posting a link for tomorrow’s Community Association Day scheduled at the Bradenton Area Convention Center. CA Day is always a very well attended event with tremendous opportunities for ROC Board Members to learn, network, and have fun. Admission is…
One More Date for Co-op Board Member Training
By Scott Gordon
Our first certification training course for board members of resident owned cooperative associations was a great success with over 80 attendees earlier this week at Westwinds Village in Bradenton. Thanks to everyone that attended and to Westwinds for its great…
Time for Co-op Board Member Training!!
By Scott Gordon
Welcome to the new world of training for board members in our resident-owned cooperatives!
Annual meeting season has begun and new board members are being elected. As you know, Florida Statutes now require that newly elected or appointed board members…
A First Hand Look at Fair Housing
By Scott Gordon
I woke up one morning this summer with a pain in the area of my right shoulder blade. I assumed that I’d just pulled or strained a muscle in my neck or back–that’s a fairly common but very temporary hazard…
A Follow Up on HOA Registration
By Scott Gordon
In the week or so since my last entry, I’ve been contacted by managers and board members from several resident owned cooperatives who have received notices about the new recent requirement for mandatory homeowners associations to register with the State. …
Website for HOA Registration Announced
By Scott Gordon
I was just forwarded a press release from Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation announcing the creation of its website for mandatory homeowners’ associations to register online. As my blog readers may recall, Florida’s legislature recently passed a law…
Bank Failures and Back Taxes
By Scott Gordon
The Sarasota Herald Tribune just published a very informative six day report on the reasons for the many bank failures in Florida during the “Great Recession.”
Since almost every ROC in our state has been affected by questionable loans…