Citing an article published on January 23, 2018 in the Washingtonpost.com, "The $35 wooden mailbox Keith Strong bought in 2009 seemed charming and functional for the home he shared with his wife in a posh golf community in the suburbs of Maryland was a newer version of the mailbox the homeowners association previously approved and had sat at the end of their driveway since the couple moved to their Bowie-area home four years earlier. But no more than two months after Strong i

AS of January 18, 2018, the State of Washington's Senate Bill 6175 was heard by the Senate Committee on Finance; and if the full Senate votes to approve it, the Bill will be forwarded to a similar House Committee to consider. This Bill is a major effort to clarify and add new provisions to RCW 64.38 that governs how homeowners' associations (HOAs) and condominium associations must be managed. This version of Senate Bill 6175 is 134 pages long and has over 300 sections that

If you find yourself dealing with self-serving Board of Directors that seems to be indifferent to your concerns about enforcing rules or managing the Association’s funds, particularly if the Board seems to spend these funds to improve their property values before yours, then you may be dealing with problem that is difficult to correct. In such a case, you become human capital for these Boards, meaning that you are paying for their needs, not yours. The first impediment to cor

Self-managed Homeowners Associations or Condominium Associations are designated as non-profit organizations that must function in accord with certain state laws and the Associations’ governing documents. No exceptions. However, a newly elected Board can read state law or a set of governing documents and have different interpretations of them. This is due to the biases that individuals have when they read anything, including a newspaper. Typically, a reader will pick up on the