Re: HOA nazis, halp please

I think the first thing you should do is get a hold of a copy of the bylaws,
which will tell you whether or not they do have monthly meetings, if and how
they have to notify homeowners, etc.  Contact the property management
company for those -- they have to give you a copy -- you should have
received a copy when you bought into the association.  Your bylaws will also
tell you how they determine the selection of a management company or other
vendors.  In some cases, it's a board only decision -- in some, it's a
majority homeowner decision (in which case, good luck, since you'll be lucky
if you can even get a quorum of homeowners involved, much less a majority
vote on anything).

You have every right to know where your money is going.  At budget time, our
board sends each homeowner a copy of the budget, including a breakdown as to
what percentage of their dues goes to what -- by line item.  Financials are
available for everyone that want to see them.  You may want to make sure
that someone on your board IS looking at them -- you would be surprised how
many times you'll have a board that never looks at the financials, and just
blindly trusts the management company.

In some associations, the board is not the ones to answer the questions
directly, particularly if they are volunteer -- not if you're already paying
a management company.  Keep in mind that the management company is really in
essence an employee of the association -- you should never have to put up
with being verbally abused by them -- if you are, ask to speak to their
supervisor . . . and higher up if necessary . . . and let the board know
(with facts, like when, what and who).  If you're not happy with the
management company, ask them directly who the board members are, and write
each of those board members and tell them that, and ask that, when the
current contract expires, they investigate other options.  It helps if you
can enlist other homeowners, since a major change like that is usually not
done on the basis of only a couple of complaints.

(And keep in mind that you'll get much further with the board and with the
property management company if you can refrain from referring them as HOA
nazis)



":)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello I need help
>
> I am getting nowhere with my board:
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> They don't seem to post minuets, list who the officers are, when the
monthly
> meetings are or
> allow us to vote on cometitive bids for prop. management.
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> I don't get much information from the property managemt company when I ask
> questions, and I usually get attacked verbally for doing so.  Like where
the
> money is being spent in line item fashion??
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> What recourse do I have to get these issues resolved?? I live in WA State
> and the condo is chartered with the sec. of state.
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> Help Please
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