A Patent on Tree Care
April 24, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster For those of you who have been even occasional participants in our monthly chapter meetings, you've heard us talk a lot about trees. Ron Zillmer from Legacy-Trees is often in the house, and he opines on trees and how they are often neglected [...]
HOA Legislative Lunacy [updated*]
April 23, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster *** Update: After this blog was published earlier today, we've now learned that the amendment that was being proposed by Kristin Bahner (DFL-37B) as part of SF3622 was withdrawn. However, during her comments today on the House floor, she made clear the amendment [...]
Wither Corporate Transparency
April 22, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster While we all wait with bated breath to see what our elected state officials try to do to us HOA Leaders via their legislative dreams, we do have some good news to report. Community Associations Institute (CAI) sent an email to members that [...]
Storm Damage: Pop Up Survey Results
April 21, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We have fun doing our monthly Pop Up Surveys, which always reveal some interesting tidbits on trends and other findings on a variety of topics from the HOAs in our network. The latest survey was on storm damage and the results are below [...]
A Lakeville Lull
April 20, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster I live in an HOA in Lakeville and do a lot of biking around these parts. It seems everywhere I turn (on my bike, that is) a farm field is being converted into yet another HOA. You'd think that's a good thing, but [...]
Protect Your Property
April 19, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We're completing a month of chapter presentations from Scott Hurm of Crest Exteriors in April in which we've focused on storm damage and what to do in the event that HOA properties get damaged from wind and hail. The timing of such presentations [...]
