Lynn & Mark On Discussion Panels
November 19, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster It was a full morning for Lynn Boergerhoff and me as we appeared on two separate panel discussions at the 13th Annual Minnesota Condo & Homeowners Association Summit, sponsored by the Minnesota Real Estate Journal. It was held at the Golden Valley Country [...]
On TV: No Place for HOA Violence
November 18, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster The sunshine state seems to have its fair share of HOA issues. There was a recent story about some Florida elected official(s) who want to ban them altogether. Rising insurance costs are causing some residents to simply abandon their HOA condos and walk [...]
Those HOA Gates
November 18, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster I often wonder how many HOA Leaders are faced with the question: Can we put up entry gates to keep the riff-raff out? I must admit, the issue has come up a few times at our own HOA in Lakeville, but it can't [...]
A Disney HOA
November 17, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster This story caught my attention. If you ever wished you could live in the Happiest Place on Earth, your dreams can now become reality. Residents officially began moving into Disney's first-ever residential Storyliving community in Rancho Mirage, CA, earlier this year. It's called Cotino, [...]
On Air Today
November 15, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster I mentioned in an earlier blog this week that I would be appearing on Gene Sullivan's Where You Live radio broadcast, and that happened today. Gene's program is on AM 1280 the Patriot and each week he tracks a lot of HOA industry [...]
HOA Goes Porky
November 15, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Western states like Colorado apparently struggle with invasive weeds just like we do here in Minnesota. Buckthorn is our evil of the landscape; and in Colorado, it's something called Kochia. This is a type of tumbleweed that is particularly difficult, they say, because [...]
