Category: Blogroll

Conducting Effective Board Meetings

Community association board members are busy volunteers who set aside time amidst work, family, and other personal obligations to serve their communities.  In order to ...
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Difference Between Directors and Officers By Jennifer B. Cusimano

One of the more misunderstood concepts of community associations is the difference between a director and an officer.  Under Ohio law, all condominium and planned ...
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Master or Sub: Which Rules Do I Follow?

Far too often an association’s board of directors has a hard enough time getting prospective purchasers (or long-time owners for that matter) to understand what ...
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Signature Cards Must Be Up To Date

Signature cards are used by banks to verify that the party using an account actually has authority to use the account.  These accounts include, but ...
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How to Identify the Legal Titled Owners in Your Association By Magdalena E. Myers, Esq.

Ohio community associations are required to keep a current list of titled owners.  This list is used to provide notice for upcoming annual meetings and ...
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Does the association have the power to require owners to provide the name, address, and phone number of tenants?

On this topic, the law is different for condominium associations and home owner associations. Ohio Revised Code 5311.09 requires condominium owners to provide contact information ...
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Personal Injury on Association Property

When an injury occurs on association property, the first course of action is always to ensure the health and safety of the injured person by ...
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FHA Update for Condominium Associations and Unit Owners Nicholas J. Meinert, Esq.

HUD has issued new FHA Condominium Approval Rules that will become effective for all applications filed on or after October 15, 2019. Previously, each condominium ...
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How to evaluate service provided by contractors By: Shannon M. McCormick, Esq.

One of the common issues that boards deal with is whether a contractor is providing adequate service.  Before passing judgment on the service being provided ...
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Safeguarding Association Reserve Funds over $250,000.00

Since the passage of the Ohio Condominium Act in 2004 and the Ohio Planned Community Act in 2010, Ohio’s community associations have been building reserve ...
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