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A real pain! Time-consuming!

News media love disputes. Because they can do stories about them. That's why they have the word -- ACTION -- in their name. There's ACTION 10 News on channel 10s throughout the country. Or there's ACTION 12 or 20. And the words -- WE INVESTIGATE!

Disputes can happen anywhere, especially at homeowner associations. Can they be avoided?

With at least some communication, maybe they can...homeowner-to-association and association-to-homeowner.

More often than not, disputes happen when there's some failure to communicate. When a homeowner just does something that isn't normally done without checking first. Without simply asking, Hey! Can I do this? Would it be okay? For just a short time?

Or when an association fails to carefully explain reasons why one thing or another can't be done, to maybe tamp things down before there's a red alert.

Having to unravel things when ACTION 10, 12 or 20 is coming at you is no fun. It's time-consuming. It's a real pain.

(Email us for more about this...hoastrategic@gmail.com)

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