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		<title>Understanding Settlement of Delinquent Assessments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article By Michael Rome, JD www.hoa-attorneys.com In an ideal world assessments would be paid by 100% of the homeowners before the due date. This doesn’t happen, and despite various reasons for the delinquencies, boards have to deal with policies on how to approach the question of settlement. I have discussed fines in the past as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiduciary Duties of the Association Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, J.D. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. Community associations are usually formed as corporations under the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Act (“Act”), and the board is subject to the same duties as the directors for any other type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Off Delinquent Assessments As Bad Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Rome, Esq. Rome &#38; Goldin, PC www.hoa-attorneys.com This marks the eighth installment in a series for board members about commonly faced questions and issues. Many of these challenges require a combination of legal, political and practical solutions. Hopefully these articles will be useful for board members in determining what is in the best interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Georiga POA Act and Your Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, J.D. &#38; Carol Surrel Jones, J.D.                                                                                            www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. WHAT IS IT: The State of Georgia actually has two forms of associations for subdivisions with fee simple homes; Homeowner Associations and Property Owners Associations. They are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Some Purchasers Don&#8217;t Know They Bought Into A Mandatory Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, J.D. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. Some purchasers in Georgia have no idea that they have bought a home in a mandatory community association. How could this happen? The first thing to understand is that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retention &amp; Detention Ponds In Homeowner Associations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Michael Rome, J.D. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. Retention &#38; detention ponds help the stormwater management in a subdivision. Retention ponds hold runoff water, and usually stay wet. Detention ponds simply slow down water that eventually drains off into creeks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Association&#8217;s First Year After Developer Turnover</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, JD, and Julie Rome of Cobb Management Group, Inc. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. It is important to successfully turnover control of an Association from the developer to the homeowners. Inheriting numerous problems can make a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways To Increase Association Revenues Without Raising Dues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, J.D. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. Raising annual assessments is one of the most unpopular actions taken by an association board&#8230; maybe even more so during these difficult economic times. Following are five ways for an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Collection Of Assessments During The Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By: Michael Rome, J.D. www.hoa-attorneys.com This article is not a substitute for consulting with legal counsel in your State regarding the specific fact situation. Community associations have never faced the current amount of delinquent assessments and mortgage foreclosures. Unlike the federal government, an association cannot print more money. Yet, the annual budget is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Your Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our perspective of managing a community associations is that it is much like managing a small city.  The leadership of a city consists of a mayor and commissioners with a city manager and staff to run day-to-day operations.  Similarly, a homeowners&#8217; association president and board of directors provide leadership, with a property management company providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choose Carter Realty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE CARTER REALTY TO MANAGE YOUR ASSOCIATION? Most companies that manage homeowner associations provide the same basic services.  These can be categorized in four areas:  accounting, administrative, maintenance and covenant enforcement.  Carter Realty provides these services and strives to provide them at an exceptional level. Accounting. Carter Realty has a banking relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Association Documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS Clairmont Terrace Condominium Association Eagle Glen HOA Fox Creek Grove Park HOA Middlebrooke HOA Milford Woods The Enclave at Grandview HOA Vineyards Condominium Association, Inc.]]></description>
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		<title>Make A Payment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make An Online Payment &#160; 1. Online Credit card/E-Check Payments.  Go to www.smartstreet.com.  This is the website address you will need if electing to pay your dues via credit cards or electronic check.  Please note when electing to pay by credit card, the bank will assess a small processing fee.  Electronic checks payments are also available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Fitness: Strengthening Communities Through an Understanding of Association Collections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By Floyd Dickens, Lisa Fuerst, Scott Kuperberg, and Barbara Miciul of Weissman,Nowack,Curry&#38;Wilco, P.C. The strength of an association can be measured by its ability to perform its duties. In today’s tough economic times, it is more crucial than ever that an association act diligently to perform its duty to collect assessments/dues and properly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Homeowners Association Make the Grade?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By Weissman, Nowack, Curry &#38; Wilco, P.C. Do you think your neighbors ever wonder where the monthly association dues are going? Is it all going into the flower bed at the front of the subdivision or are substantial neighborhood improvements underway? Just how good a job is your homeowners association is doing? With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INSURANCE ESSENTIALS: PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By Weissman, Nowack, Curry &#38; Wilco, P.C. The Board of Directors of a community association is charged with operating the association in a manner that preserves, protects, and enhances the property values.  A necessary component of that charge is obtaining and maintaining proper insurance.  The fundamentals of insurance are discussed in articles available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHYSIOLOGY OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By George Nowack Physiology is a branch of biology that deals with the functions of a living organism. Within the arena of physiological studies, there are many specialties. One such specialty is sports physiology. Sports physiologists test the physical limits of the human body, and their research establishes the parameters within which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Steps To Protect the Association from Liquor Liability This Holiday Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post By Jamie Lyons of Weissman, Nowack, Curry &#38; Wilco, P.C. This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Common Ground. The holidays are here and with them come numerous parties and meetings with lots of food and drink.  Many communities gather together during this season to celebrate.  Most of the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuts &amp; Bolts of Association Collections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by Weissman, Nowack, Curry &#38; Wilco, P.C. Associations have the obligation to collect assessments. An association&#8217;s Board of Directors has a fiduciary duty to the owners within the condominium or community development to collect assessments and properly handle the association&#8217;s financial affairs. To comply with this mandate, the Board of Directors relies on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Board that Would Not Be Stymied: How a Board of Directors Continues to Function When There Is No Quorum at the Annual Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by Weissman, Nowack, Curry &#38; Wilco, P.C. Elections to the board of directors of a community association typically occur at an annual meeting of the members. Georgia law and the bylaws of most community associations provide that a minimum number of members must be present at the beginning of the meeting in order [...]]]></description>
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