Question: I purchased a detached single-family home in a homeowner association around San Clemente with a zero lot line that comes right up against the back edge of our property. There is a permanent ...

Q: I am a unit owner in a midsize condominium association and a recently elected condo board has initiated a rather aggressive agenda of changes. One of the changes involved removing decorative ivy ...

The typical condominium project consists of three categories of property – the “separate interest” (normally called the “unit”), the common area, and a subset of common area called “exclusive use ...

Ari Chazanas is the founder and CEO of Lotus West Properties, a property management and investment firm based in West Los Angeles. Tenant improvement (TI) and common area maintenance (CAM) are just as ...

This is part three in a series on exclusive-use areas in HOAs. Part 1: What, where is an “exclusive use common area?” and Part 2: How exclusive is an exclusive-use area? Q: I was interested in your ...

CONTROVERSIAL FEES THAT were added on to renters’ bills by charging them for use of the common areas of their buildings have been dropped in more than 50 apartments by the country’s largest private ...

The typical condominium project consists of three categories of property — the “separate interest” (normally called the “unit”), the “common area”, and a subset of common area called “exclusive use ...

The typical condominium project consists of three categories of property: the “separate interest” (normally called the “unit”), the “common area,” and a subset of the common area called “exclusive use ...