If you live in a homeowners’ association, whether single family or condominium, you and your neighbors have common areas to protect and maintain. Working together as volunteers, with limited time and resources, Board of Directors need to be knowledgeable about federal, state and local laws, your governing documents, non-profit corporation management, accounting, banking, insurance, [...]
Did you ever wonder what rules govern Homeowner Associations? Many of you know about the Covenants or Declarations that each association has, but did you know that there is an entire section of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) that applies to Homeowner Associations? There is and you can take a look at: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/. [...]
Homeownership can be more of a burden than we realize. After the excitement of the hunt and the anxiety of being accepted for the loan, the work of moving in and adjusting the home to our tastes, we settle into complacence, and start to take our homes for granted. Meanwhile, all the thousands of [...]