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December Survey Results
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Have you been naughty or nice this year?
25% Naughty
32% Nice
43% Somewhere
in-between
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Introducing OH University!
Orten & Hindman is very excited to launch OH University in 2004! OHU’s goal is to be the comprehensive educational forum for both board members and managers.
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Discrimination by Homeowner Associations, What is it and Are You Doing It?
Many associations, at one point or another, have discrimination charges filed, or threatened to be filed, against them. For the most part, such threats and charges are a result of the association enforcing the terms of its governing documents and compelling residents to do something they don’t want to do, or prohibiting residents from doing something they want to do. Sometimes these threats and charges are valid and many other times they are not. Who can tell? Part I of this article will address the protected classes and types of discrimination; Part II (February Community E-ssentials) will discuss reasonable accommodations and preventative measures against discrimination.
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Foreclosure-Title Insurance
Before commencing the foreclosure, an association should purchase title insurance. These policies insure against the adverse impact of previously unknown recorded interests.
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Attorney's Fees and Covenant Violations
The Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (“CCIOA”), at C.R.S. §38-33.3-123, provides for an association to be reimbursed attorney’s fees incurred enforcing its covenants, rules and regulations, etc. CCIOA discusses both the reimbursement of attorney’s fees when enforcing the covenants without filing a lawsuit, and with filing a lawsuit.
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Strife in the Fast Lane: Improving Delinquent-Assessment Case Turnaround Time
Community associations today find more members fail to timely pay assessments the Community needs. If voluntary compliance, Board or manager efforts fail, how long will it take to collect through the legal process? How can an association cut that time?
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Community E-ssentials Seeks Guest Contributors
Do you have ideas for articles not covered in our past issues? Would you like to share your insights with over 2000 monthly readers of Community E-ssentials? Then Orten & Hindman invites and encourages you to submit articles for possible inclusion in upcoming issues.
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HOA Q & A
Community E-ssentials introduces the new monthly column: HOA Q & A. Each month we will answer legal related questions submitted from our readers. Please email or fax your questions with your name and contact information to QAcolumnist@ortenhindman.com or 303.432.0999.
*Due to the volume of questions received, we cannot guarantee an answer; however, we’ll try our best to reply in upcoming issues or via email.
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Educational Events
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Coming soon:
OHU's 2004 Success Series class schedule will be sent to you later this month.
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Community Associations Institute
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The Community Associations Institute (CAI) is a nonprofit organization that provides education and resources to community associations. To find out more about CAI visit www.caionline.org
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