$4.5 Million Sought in Housing Development Fraud
September 17, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Lakeville is apparently the fastest growing city in Minnesota, and if my biking trips around the city are any indication, it appears that most of what's being built are HOAs. Turns out that some developers are taking advantage of the fast-changing environment in [...]
HOA Fees Top $500 per Month
September 14, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster According to a recent Realtor.com article, more than a quarter of homes in the USA are paying an HOA fee, and now comes data that shows 3 million of our homes have a minimum $500 monthly fee attached to them. The District of [...]
How’s Your HOA Communications?
September 10, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Sad to hear, but there's data showing a majority of HOA problems, some 30-60% based on estimates, arise due to poor communications from HOA boards. While I'm sure many of our HOA leaders are great communicators, it is an area in which we [...]
An HOA in a Real Pickle (ball)
September 8, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster The fastest growing sport in America is purportedly pickleball, and if you look around your own cities and even local neighborhoods, you're likely to see a new pickleball court going up somewhere. And if you've played the sport or watched it, you get [...]
Home Sales Canceled
September 7, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Forgive my absence for a few days as I was traveling with my bride in California, exploring the LA/Santa Monica areas for fun. While I was away, I spotted this rather disturbing article about general home sales and rising cancellations of deals. According [...]
Lake Elmo Seeks Large HOA Dev
September 1, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Happy Labor Day to all! While scouring the inter-web for HOA related news, I saw a Business Journal article about a huge Lake Elmo development that seeks to build hundreds of townhomes, apartments and homes, with much of it under HOA control. Minneapolis-based [...]
