Product Description

Single-family Subdivisions o Townhouse and Cluster Developments o Mobile Homeowners Associations o Master Community Associations

A homeowners association is designed to preserve the common welfare and the property values of the community. In a properly operated community, it does. In a poorly run community, it does not. The proper operating procedures are not difficult, but they are often overlooked or misunderstood.

This manual provides a step-by-step explanation of the requirements for meetings, membership voting, and the necessary parliamentary procedures. It serves as a guide to help ensure that the association carries out its responsibilities fairly and effectively.

You will learn:
o the concept and purpose of a homeowners association
o the rights and responsibilities of individual owners
o how to run effective meetings
o what documents you need for meetings
o the rules of procedure and proper decorum
o the role of the board of directors
o the role of committees
o how to set a budget and deal with finances and insurance
o how to amend and enforce documents

In addition to the comprehensive text, there are 28 forms and sample documents—all you need to run an effective homeowners association.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #501196 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Peter M. Dunbar and Marc W. Dunbar are partners in the firm of Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson & Dunbar, P.A., in Tallahassee, Florida. Peter Dunbar has served in the office of the governor as general counsel and later as chief of staff. He has taught and lectured on associations and the law governing multi-family living since 1974. He is a member of the Community Associations Institute and has served on its national board of trustees. Before joining the firm, Marc Dunbar served in the Florida Department of State as assistant general counsel, then director of communications for the secretary of state.

Customer Reviews

GREAT INFORMATION!
I have been elected as President of our newly formed community association which is my first homeowners association. I wanted to start us off on the right foot by conducting business properly. This book has given me a great amount of information which ensures we will protect the homeowners rights. I now have a good understanding of the responsibilities of the board of directors to the association members, how to provide notice of meetings, create a basic agenda for those meetings, and many other admin functions I was unaware of. Of course this is not a cookie cutter "one size fits all" manual but in the areas that is not applicable to our association, I was able to use the concept from the book to modify items to fit our association. Well, at least I know how to bring it to the members for a vote. I will refer to this book many times in the future and I have already started highlighting items of importance.
It also contains many templates for forms and documents YOU WILL need. If your association isn't using these as a minimum, you need to get them to start using something like these templates. It is such an easy way to keep ALL members informed so the board of directors doesn't seem like it is more important than the members it works for.
You should read this book if you belong to a homeowners association. If you're on the board or want to be an active member in the association you MUST read this book.

Very important for HOA officers
I am new to HOA's and was recently elected to be treasurer. Reading this book has given me so much information to do my job. I thought it was so informative, I passed it on to the other officers and now each one of us has our own book, to pass on when we are no longer officers.

Very Helpful
This book has been really helpful to an Executive Committee that is very new to everything related to running an HOA. It has all the basics, as well as offers insight to how things should run smoothly. If you're new to a HOA board, I highly recommend this book.