Sunday, September 10, 2006

FL: Property Manager Under Investigation A local property management company that has specialized in handling vacation homes owned by out-ofstate and overseas investors has closed and is being investigated by local and state authorities for the way it has done business. 2:56:03 PM

CA: Condo association prepares for worst We live at Oaknoll, a regular condominium association with a 55-plus age restriction. It is not an assisted living facility; as an independent living facility, it does not qualify for first-response priority. 2:17:33 PM

MA: Lone opponent still fighting condo project Marshfield spent four years and $300,000 fighting a controversial affordable-housing project before town officials reluctantly resigned themselves to the 90-condominium complex that everyone but the developer seems to agree is just wrong for this seaside town -- too big, too tall, too much traffic. 1:59:10 PM

FL: Condo groups sue in tax fight More than a dozen Perdido Key condominium associations on Friday filed a lawsuit against Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones, Escambia Tax Collector Janet Holley and the county's Value Adjustment Board. 1:42:23 PM

CA: Fences may make good neighbors, but knowing the law can make things easier Even when people try to be good neighbors, though, conflicts can arise. From those conflicts has arisen a whole body of laws intended to govern relationships between neighbors. 1:35:38 PM

FL: A generator proves an unpopular neighbor, even before it gets an address. Those in the nearby Monte Carlo condominium tower were particularly vocal about keeping the stormwater pumping generator out of the median, saying it doesn't belong along Tampa's most scenic waterfront street. 1:26:19 PM