Cooked HOA Goose?
June 16, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster I realize this could be a touchy subject, especially when animals are in danger. So I did pause when I saw this article that has sparked protests about an HOA in Alabama that plans to destroy flocks of geese for their rather egregious [...]
Take our Survey: Landscaping Your HOA
June 15, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster I live in an HOA that needs constant landscaping attention. We back up into a hilly wooded area, with walking paths and foot bridges, a fair share of deer and more rabbits than I can count. We have nicely manicured landscape beds and [...]
Property Management Best Practices
June 13, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster If you missed our May chapter meetings, you missed a great presentation from Shaun Zavadsky, VP of FirstService Residential. Boards sometimes misunderstand the property management world and how best to work with them. Shaun addresses many issues related to best practices in property [...]
Why Do HOAs Keep Sinking?
June 13, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster Last year in our chapters and on this blog we featured a growing (or sinking?) problem in HOAs that seems to be plaguing the south. In our chapters we ran a case story about an Atlanta-area HOA that suddenly had sink holes appearing, [...]
Staying in HOA Control
June 11, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster It seems like Georgia and Florida have the most, let's say, "interesting" HOA stories. Not sure why that is (Florida man?), but I found this one from the Sunshine State: Residents of a [Homestead], Florida, townhouse community say a developer has kept control [...]
When HOA Pigs Bite
June 10, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster You can't make this stuff up: A Conway homeowners association and two of its residents are being sued after a pet pig attacked a homeowner. This comes to us from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where an HOA finds itself being a bit hog-tied [...]
