Last weekend, The Utah Chapter of the Community Associations Institute sponsored its “Essentials of Community Management” course. Several active members of the industry taught about the fundamentals of homeowner association and condominium management. Here are some pictures of some of the presenters. (Not pictured: Derek Petersen).
Thanks to Beat Koszinowski and the Buckner Group for…

You may recall this post from two years ago, where I reported on a trilogy of cases which dealt with the public dedication of private roadways; in the opinions, the Utah Supreme Court held that “An overt act that   is intended by a property owner to interrupt the use of a road as a…

In an opinion issued about a month ago, the Utah Court of Appeals decided that “a weekly rental is clearly similar to nightly rentals and timeshares, when considering those terms together.”

The case arose from language contained in the South Ridge Homeowners’ Association’s Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (C, C & Rs) that provided,…

My Twitterpal Melissa Garcia, (@ColoradoHOAGal) pointed me to this article in the Miami Herald, which  explains the mechanics of a typical reverse foreclosure.  Reverse foreclosures are being pursued by community associations throughout the country, as associations find themselves stuck with units on which the owners will not pay and on which the lenders will…

There’s a new website out there that purports to be a listing of HOA attorneys in Utah.  There’s one firm listed on the site, and the listed lawyer (who won’t be identified) is identified as a “thoroughly [sic] attorney.”   Since I’d never seen the site before, I thought I’d give it the benefit of…