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Program Highlights |
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* Learn what laws the 2007 and 2008 Florida Legislature passed that impact your Community Association! |
| * What new steps the Association must take with staggered term elections! |
| * Leaky roofs? Who you gonna call? What do you do after the Developer leaves you high and dry? |
| * Fair Housing - it's not fair for everyone! You may get sued if you do what's fair and what your documents require! Is your Association following all of the Fair Housing Standards? |
| * Breached your duty? Get ready to pay! Board members may be financially liable for breaching their fiduciary duties. |
| * Can the Board over-rule the Architectural Review Board's decisions? Can the Architectural Review Board over-rule the Board's decision pertaining to covenant matters? |
| * Snooze! You Lose! What happens when the Board of Directors fail to enforce the Association's governing documents? The importance of enforcing the Association's covenants and the consequences of "turning a blind eye" to violators. |
| * Wishing won't make it come
true! Selecting your own covenant enforcement story ending: A. And they all lived happily ever after B. Being shot down in flames - a very different ending |
| * How to put together a covenant enforcement case. When does an Association have to sue to get an owner to come into compliance? What are the alternatives to litigation? |
| * Learn what legal defenses an owner can claim against the Association! |
| * Can anyone wave any size flag? |
| * Learn what statutory changes were made to the collection of assessments statutes and how they affect your association's rights. |
| * The value of a delinquent owner's home is less than the outstanding mortgage, should you lien and foreclose for assessments? |
| * What are an association's rights and options when it takes title to a property at a lien foreclosure sale? |
| * Learn what non-foreclosure options an Association can use to enforce payment of assessments? |
| * The pros and cons of pursuing personal judgments versus foreclosure. |
| * How do you ensure a fair election? |
| * What rights do owners have at Board Meetings? |
| * What do Board Members need to do to prepare for an Annual Members' Meeting? |
| * How can we use Special Members' Meetings to aid the Association? |
| * What is a quorum, and why is it important? |
| * Learn how to deal with difficult and abusive people at Board and Association meetings. |
| All this and much, much more! |
| Question & Answer session after each topic plus another Q&A session at the end of the seminar on any topic - even ones not covered in the program! |