About Those Fees
April 10, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster I don't know if you've noticed, but the price of everything is up exponentially since COVID days -- and that's affected HOA fees. The media is ringing the bell. From the US edition of the Independent: Since 2019, the median monthly condo fee [...]
New Brighton Success
April 8, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster It's been a busy few days at HOALN. We started off on Tuesday with our Bloomington chapter meeting at 9 a.m., and then kicked off our "official" first evening chapter meeting in New Brighton last night at 6 p.m. We've started new chapters [...]
MN HOA Robbed
April 4, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We've seen and blogged about some HOA fraud from around the country, where board members who are desperate do desperate things and steal from their HOA. We missed this one that's close to home, from Hoyt Lakes, MN, in which a treasurer stole [...]
Pop Up Survey #4: Walk Arounds
April 3, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We look forward to a wonderful Easter weekend in Minnesota. And no doubt many HOA boards are now preparing to do a walk-around on their property to look for damage done over the long winter months, if they haven't done so already. Below [...]
The Affordability Crisis
April 1, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster April Fool's Day is in full swing, with local weather forecasters telling us that we have an ice storm here in Minnesota to deal with tonight. Silly weather people! We know you're joking... really funny ... Speaking of joking, our friends at Realtor.com [...]
Fencing Follies
March 30, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster From Athens, Alabama, comes the story of an HOA under fire for approving the installation of fences by homeowners, only to discover that the approval may have been a bad decision. From WAFF-TV News: The dispute is playing out in the Brookhill Landing [...]
