Forget gates and golf. Today's homeowners and buyers want something else. Adapt your amenities and community events or get left behind.
In the not too distant past, simply having a gatehouse, golf course and swimming pool were a sure-fire way for a community association to attract...
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How To Stop Pass Sharing at Your HOA Pool
Why is my pool so crowded? Who are all these people at the pool? Those teenagers don’t live in the community. Why isn’t the pool collecting any guest money?
Does this sound like you?
Believe it or not, some communities embrace this culture. After all, it is a community...
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Government, federal court complicate HOA pool rules
Most swimming pools have a list of rules posted somewhere on the premises. We’ve all seen them. The rules contain common sense prohibitions against dangerous pool activities, such as having glass in the pool area and diving into the shallow end.
And almost every set of...
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Exception to the Disaster Rules
FEMA is drawing the line on distributing recovery funds. Individual homeowners can get aid after a devastating storm but not community associations for their common elements.
Flood waters that swamped part of Nashville's River Plantation community in May 2010 disappeared within a few days. The damage did not. Nearly...
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