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EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published November 28, 2022
I have heard lots of excuses over the
years about so many different things. Here’s a few that simply
don’t work:
My assessments should be less
--- I don’t use the elevator
I have heard this from lots of people
who live on the first floor. It doesn’t work. Regardless of
whether you use the common elements, you have to pay for the
cost of maintaining that common element. Bad shoulder and can’t
use the pool – sorry you have to pay for its upkeep. Bad knee
and can’t play on the tennis or pickleball court? Sorry you
have to pay to maintain it.
He Doesn’t Live Here and
Therefore Can’t Be On the Board
I’m probably asked this question ten
times a year – does the owner have to live in the condominium in
order to serve on the Board? The answer is clearly NO. It is
irrelevant where an owner lives. If the owner meets the
qualifications to serve on the board, they can serve.
I Don’t Want To Fund Reserves –
I won’t Be Here in 20 Years
The worst mistake a condominium unit
owner can make. The problem with your thinking is that the
person living in your unit 20 years ago thought the same way.
Unfortunately, now you live in the unit and major repairs need
to be made. Perhaps you would have been better off putting away
$50.00 per month instead of having to come up with $10,000.00
now.
They Can’t Buy In This 55 and
Over Community – They’re Not 55
This happens all the time. A Board of
Directors rejects a potential buyer because the buyer in the 55
and over community is only 35. This is completely wrong. It
makes no difference how old the buyer is in a 55 and over
community. The question is: Will at least one person who is 55
or older be living in the unit. Perhaps the children are buying
the unit for their parents, or for estate planning purposes the
parents want the unit titled in their children’s name.
Tell me some other mistakes or excuses
that you hear all the time.
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric Glazer graduated
from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992 after
receiving a B.A. from NYU. He has practiced community
association law for three decades and is the owner of
Glazer and Sachs, P.A. a five attorney law firm with
offices in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.
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Eric is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in
Condominium and Planned Development Law.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze
and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show that airs at 11:00 a.m.
each Sunday on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
Eric is the first attorney in the State of
Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium and
HOA residents as eligible to serve on a Board of Directors and
has now certified more than 20,000 Floridians all across the
state. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The
Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes
between associations and unit owners. Eric also devotes
significant time to advancing legislation in the best interest
of Florida community association members.
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