Single Family Home HOA made of 70%+ Renters

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ElizabethN2 (Colorado)
Posts: 7

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We are a Colorado based HOA with 300+ single family homes. We are in a big military community and many homeowners rent out their house when they get PCSed (permanent change of station). We have no rules against renting. But now our community is made up of 70%+ renters. All mailings go to homeowners and if they did not provide a forwarding address they get no mailings. Some renters are not even aware that they are in an HOA. We struggle to get renters to follow rules of HOA and we struggle to get dues paid. Right now there is $51,000 in money due! How do we fix this?

RichardP13 (California)
Posts: 3,868

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The association is going to have to get an attorney involved to have the renters provide a current mailing address of their landlord. If you have a management company, they should have thought of this.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,059

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If the owner are military personnel, see various locator services:

Air Force Locator Services

Navy Locator Services

Also see:

Locate Military Members, Units, and Facilities from usa.gov

The Army and Coast Guard do not provide locator services.

GeorgeR8 (Arizona)
Posts: 182

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Late fees, fines, collection agencies, liens and foreclosure. It's automatic for us. They don't pay and the process starts. Make sure that any costs of collections are added to the owners bill so you get the money back when they eventually pay.

PitA
Posts: 1,416

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foreclosing on a military owner is your worst nightmare

PARTICULARLY if they are 'on duty'

get competent legal advice NOW before y'all are facing bankruptcy

SheliaH (Indiana)
Posts: 6,964

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The owners are ultimately responsible for their tenants' behavior, so if the rules are being broken, use your rules enforcement police to go after the owners. If you don't have one, it's time to set it up.

If the delinquencies get to the point the Association has to do foreclosures, I think federal law prohibits this if the owner is on active duty, so you may need to file liens and wait. Until then, reduce costs where you can to stretch the budget- when people squawk that XYZ isn't being done, explain it's due to the homeowners not paying assessments (that may prompt some of the tenants to cough up the owner's address).

Tim, you're ex-military - is there anything else the armed forces can do? I remember years ago I had to track down a witness for one of my cases who'd joined the Army. For some reason, I remember using some sort of military locator service and found out where the person was stationed. Somehow, I got hold of the person's commanding officer and explained what I needed (a written statement on what she knew of the incident.) The commanding officer spoke the person and I got the statement

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius

TimB4 (Tennessee)
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Posted By SheliaH on 01/24/2016 9:33 AM

Tim, you're ex-military - is there anything else the armed forces can do? I remember years ago I had to track down a witness for one of my cases who'd joined the Army.

I provided links earlier in the thread to the locator services of the Military Services.

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