Subforums by State and types of Community

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MatthewA (California)
Posts: 1

Posted:

Hello everyone,

I've been visiting HOATalk for a while on and off reading a few articles based on topic. While a long time reader, first-time poster.

I would like to ask if there is a way to either sort or maybe consider subForums as one community in Arizona may have different laws than a community in Florida or California.

If this was discussed before, my apologies but it could help readers to focus on states then types of subtopics based on types of a community such as PUD, Condo or maybe even greater areas within the State such as the Bay Area if in California or Central Florida for example.

Just a thought in helping to sort through some of the discussions.

-Anderson

DouglasK1 (Florida)
Posts: 2,046

Posted:

I'm a member of other forums that do have subforums, and I think a major impediment is that this forum is just not active enough to justify them. Forums that get hundreds or thousands of posts a day really do need categorization. If HOA talk had subforums, most would be empty or rarely used.

Escaped former treasurer and director of a self managed association.

TimM11
Posts: 354

Posted:

I agree with Douglas. It would be a good idea if this were a busier forum, but with the volume of posts being what it is, I don't think it is necessary yet.

BenA2 (Texas)
Posts: 1,273

Posted:

I agree with the others that volume would be an issue but it is a good point. State laws are all different and the same CC&Rs could be enforceable in one state and invalid in another.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,059

Posted:

Note: You can search by State.
It's not as good as what has been suggested. However, it does work.

GenoS (Florida)
Posts: 4,276

Posted:

I'm in agreement that the volume of traffic here doesn't warrant sub-forums. Each state does have its own laws and statutes but there's enough commonality in the country regarding PUDs, CIDs, condos and HOAS that I don't see where breaking up the forum by state adds any value to HOATalk. For instance, Florida is not subject to California laws or Davis-Stirling but the laws aren't all that different and about 90% of what I see on Davis-Stirling also applies to Florida. Not in any legal sense, of course, but very often what Davis-Stirling says ends up being the same for Florida. It's a great resource and can be a time saver for us in the Sunshine State. If nothing else it will point you in the right direction when you turn to Florida specifics. I would definitely visit both the Florida sub-forum and the California sub-forum. There's a good chance there would have to be a "Generic Governing Documents Dispute" sub-forum as well.

Why visit 3 sub-forums when one is good enough?

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