Archive for July, 2013

Assessment Payments: If A Unit Owner Is Delinquent, You Can And Should Request Payment From The First Mortgagee Bank

Written by Mitchell Drimmer on . Posted in COLORADO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, CONDO COLLECTIONS, CONDOS, FLORIDA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS., HOA COLLECTIONS, HOAS, SNAP COLLECTIONS

If you have purchased a condominium or property in an HOA, one of the documents you may be required to sign in connection with your loan is a “Condominium Rider or a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Rider.” This rider is an attachment to the document recorded in the land records to secure the note given by the lender for your purchase.  In most states including Florida, it’s called the Mortgage.

One of the most important items contained in the Condominium Rider/PUD Rider is the information regarding the maintenance fees for that particular community association. It is very important to the lenders that these fees are paid because they have an interest in the condominium unit or HOA property.  It is especially important to them if the unit has equity, because the community association has the right to foreclose on the title for non-payment of maintenance fees.

Reporting To Credit Bureaus: Just One Of The Many Benefits Of Using A Collections Firm

Written by Mitchell Drimmer on . Posted in COLORADO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, CONDO COLLECTIONS, CONDOS, FLORIDA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS., HOA COLLECTIONS, HOAS

Community Associations such as Condos and Homeowner Associations often have good reason to report non-paying members to the credit reporting agencies. The only problem is that don’t have the ability to do so, and usually it is not a function of their community association attorney who has taken on the collection of this particular debt. Therefore, one of the most important and potent tools that exist for the purpose of effective collections is not being used. So what can a community association do to get credit collection services delivered to them and have delinquencies reported to credit bureaus?

Condo and HOA Delinquent Assessments: Outbound Calls Can Be Very Helpful

Written by Mitchell Drimmer on . Posted in COLORADO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS, CONDO COLLECTIONS, CONDOS, FLORIDA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS., HOA COLLECTIONS, HOAS, SNAP COLLECTIONS

One of the courses of action a community association can take to resolve the issue  of delinquent assessments is an outbound call.  Outbound calls have proven to be a very effective method to get people engaged, informed & paying.  Now, this is not to say that your manager or any member of the board of directors should pick up the phone and start calling, because outbound calls are more then what you may think they are.  Reaching out to delinquent unit owners is a task that requires skill, training, compassion, and in some cases a very thick skin.  The call should be more of a consultation and never a confrontation.  This is why specialists should be engaged for this job.  It should also be noted that outbound collection calls are seldom if ever done by community association attorneys.