Construction Worker Wage Theft Settled
April 27, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We're gearing up for heavy construction season, and many HOAs are popping up in empty farm fields across the metro. That means lots of construction workers busily building the next generation of housing (and thusly, creating more volunteer opportunities for future board members!) [...]
In HOA Jail
April 26, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster A Florida attorney who represented three HOA homeowners in a lawsuit against their HOA is now serving time in jail. According to News6 Orlando: Bruce Burtoff, 77, was jailed for contempt of court March 4 because he refused to identify two of his [...]
May Chapters
April 26, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We've concluded our Spring Startup Series for HOAs that run in our chapters from February to April, all designed to help HOA Leaders think about readying HOA properties for the growing season. Time flies, because here we are getting ready for the late [...]
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today, we've now learned that the amendment that was being proposed by Kristin Bahner (DFL-37B) as part of SF3622 was withdrawn.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 [...]
