A condominium association in the Milwaukee area was owed more than $2,000 in fines by one unit owner. For more than a year, the unit owner had been fined numerous times due to the same violations of the bylaws which the unit owner refused to correct. While the unit owner paid assessments monthly, the unit […]
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This issue arises more than one might suspect. Because of association apathy, many committees go unfilled and often even boards don’t have members. The results of this apathy could be much different than you would expect. Facts. In a 2017 case, the relevant property “was subject to a 1996 restrictive covenant that required the approval
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When a mortgage company faces having its mortgage interest swept away in a quiet title action following an HOA lien foreclosure, the mortgage company comes up with all sorts of arguments as to why its mortgage should remain intact. This time, the arguments did not carry the day. Facts. In a 2017 Nevada case, a
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IMPRESSION: A recent Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling served as a stiff reminder to investor-purchasers of condominium units: request of association resale disclosure certificates should be undertaken as a matter of course (in Wisconsin this is essentially the Section 703.165(4) Wis. Stat. statement of the amount of unpaid assessments). DETAILS: In Bridge Investments, LLC v.
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A Wisconsin condominium association had a unit owner who was habitually delinquent in the payment of assessments. Neither the association or the property manager had ever spoken to the unit owner. The association hired an attorney who filed one small claims action after another against the unit owner every time she became delinquent. The association
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A condominium association had an owner that was uncooperative, didn’t like following rules and paid assessments on her own timeframe for more than 10 years. In the spring of 2009, another law firm started collection against the unit owner for unpaid assessments by filing a lien on the property. During the next year and a
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