• Atlanta Graves

The Atlanta Graves (an update)

By |November 8, 2025|

November 8, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We recently blogged about an Atlanta-area HOA that was situated quite close to an historic cemetery (HERE), touching off a legal dispute about who was supposed to care [...]

  • Home Sales for 40 year olds

First Home at 40

By |November 5, 2025|

November 5, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster I remember putting an offer on a home when mortgage rates exceeded 10 percent. So as not to give up my age I won't reveal the year, but [...]

  • Mark Foster and Joe Hagen

Asphalt R Us

By |November 5, 2025|

November 5, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If you think you know everything there is to know about asphalt, think again. HOAs grapple with asphalt issues all time, whether it's due to heaving sidewalks or [...]

Bridge Over Troubled HOA

By |November 4, 2025|

November 4, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We've all heard of HOAs having to deal with major structural failures that affect their properties. Roof damage from storms, a leaking pool, even sink holes have [...]

Reserve Studies for HOAs

By |November 4, 2025|

November 4, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If there's a topic that comes up time and again at chapter meetings, it is the topic of reserve studies. What are they? How often are they [...]

The Thousand Foot Drive

By |November 2, 2025|

November 2, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster You've heard of the 1,000-mile stare. How about the 1,000-foot driveway? From Maple Grove comes the story of a homeowner faced with the creation of a driveway reconfiguration [...]