Thank you, Leaders! HOA Day 2025
October 31, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster What a great event, that HOA Day! Several hundred volunteer leaders of homeowner associations braved the early morning fog and descended up the Ames Center in Burnsville on October 30 to hear great speakers, interact with our tremendous sponsors and meet other HOA [...]
Creepy and Kooky?
October 29, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Unless you're in an HOA neighborhood that has considerable traffic due to garage sales, holiday light shows, or other touristy-type attractions, it is likely hard to imagine the impact such events may have on residents. In Lakeville where I live, there are several [...]
Property Management and Technology
October 28, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Like many industries in this country, HOA property management is quickly evolving and changing due to the accelerated pace of technology, specifically artificial intelligence. A quick scan of the news shows how AI is affecting many aspects of American life, and it can [...]
Fifty Years of Home Valuation
October 25, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If you took a map of the United States and wondered to yourself, a' la Jeopardy style, where the highest increases in property values over the past half century in America occurred, you likely would answer, "What are the east and west coastal [...]
A Grave Decision
October 24, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Just in time for Halloween comes the story of an HOA that butts up against a civil war cemetery, and the now under-fire Atlanta-area HOA is required to take care of the grounds, which are deemed historic. From Atlanta First News: Piney Grove [...]
What the Cluck?
October 23, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Who knew, but apparently if you live in an HOA in Missouri, you could keep up to six chickens in your backyard. But that has come to a (ahem) screeching halt. Some legal action now allows associations in the Show Me State to [...]
