EllyP (California)
Posts: 9
Posts: 9
Posted:
I was pleased to find this forum - looks like a lot of people who really know their stuff, thank goodness.
Anyway - to cut to the chase... my husband and I bought our condo in California last year (it was a foreclosure). He dealt with most of the paperwork and I'm not sure what we actually received re our HOA. Our condo is also part of a larger HOA. However, our small (4 unit HOA) president recently contacted us and asked if my husband would take over running the HOA. Turns out to be a can of worms. I assume at some point we had some bylaws, but there doesn't appear to be a copy anywhere. There is no fictitious name statement on file with the county, at least after 1986 when they have electronic records available. I don't think we've filed tax returns, and I don't even know what else we need to do. I think she collected dues and paid bills. There wasn't a proper election to make my husband president, obviously, although the out-going president owns two of the units, we own one and the other owner is AWOL (with overdue dues).
A friend suggested we hire someone to sort out the mess. I would appreciate any suggestions about sources to find out what we should be doing, especially if we can't recover any of what should be existing information, like bylaws.
Thanks,
Elly
Confused in California!
Anyway - to cut to the chase... my husband and I bought our condo in California last year (it was a foreclosure). He dealt with most of the paperwork and I'm not sure what we actually received re our HOA. Our condo is also part of a larger HOA. However, our small (4 unit HOA) president recently contacted us and asked if my husband would take over running the HOA. Turns out to be a can of worms. I assume at some point we had some bylaws, but there doesn't appear to be a copy anywhere. There is no fictitious name statement on file with the county, at least after 1986 when they have electronic records available. I don't think we've filed tax returns, and I don't even know what else we need to do. I think she collected dues and paid bills. There wasn't a proper election to make my husband president, obviously, although the out-going president owns two of the units, we own one and the other owner is AWOL (with overdue dues).
A friend suggested we hire someone to sort out the mess. I would appreciate any suggestions about sources to find out what we should be doing, especially if we can't recover any of what should be existing information, like bylaws.
Thanks,
Elly
Confused in California!