TOP REAL ESTATE LEGAL ISSUES: WHAT’S TRENDING NOW Quadomain Redux Associations Can Bring Own Lawsuit to Collect Florida’s Fourth District Court recently decided a case that is important to community associations throughout Florida. As a result associations can now bring their own lawsuit to collect past due assessments, even where a first mortgage holder previously...Read More
TOP REAL ESTATE LEGAL ISSUES: WHAT’S TRENDING NOW “Kaufman” Language The Importance of Applying Legislative Changes to Existing Documents In the last few years, case law has determined that certain statutory language (i.e., the safe harbor provision) is not enforceable by associations when the association’s governing documents were recorded prior to the date that the...Read More
TOP REAL ESTATE LEGAL ISSUES: WHAT’S TRENDING NOW Zombies are fictional “undead” beings created from the reanimation of a human corpse popular in movies and on television. Unfortunately, many community associations are now finding themselves dealing with “Zombie Homes.” A “Zombie Home” is created by a lender which begins but does not complete a foreclosure...Read More