Article from front page

Hello All,

I just saw this on the front page of HOA talk, this is apparently a real estate Q&A column.
https://www.brickunderground.com/buy/condo-board-limiting-rentals

Reading this, it seems to me the person answering doesn't understand the difference between bylaws and covenents, does anyone else read it that way? This is bad news if so called experts with a broad audience can't get simple stuff right.

That is certainly a possibility

It may also be the copyeditor was asleep at the switch or the writer did know the difference, but didn't read it completely before sending it off for final editing and publishing. Some automatically assume everyone knows or will just Goggle it if they have questions, but a lot of people don't go that far.

That said, I think you have a great point - a lot of people don't have a clue about HOAs, why and how they came to by and how they operate. Part of understanding it is learning the lingo and if you don't take the time to figure out exactly what they mean, you may have a hard time understanding everything else.