HOA battle, need some advice

[dgambler]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

It's taken us a few years, but we have finally started mobilizing like-minded homeowners in our neighborhood and have them fired up. We successfully obtained over 33% "no" votes on a current resolution (quite a feat in that we live in a VERY large neighborhood).

So, the questions I have are thus:

* Our annual elections are in a few months, what sort of dirty tricks can I expect from the current board and management company to try and remain in power?

* Any good advice, tips, or websites that anyone knows of on how to get control of the annual meeting via Robert's Rules? Our by-laws clearly state that they must be followed at the meeting.

* We highly suspect that our board is getting kick-backs and are trying to setup a foreclosure scam, what's the best way to start investigating both? If we discover that they are, what is our legal recourse?

* What are the warning signs that a HOA is "going bad"?

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by dgambler

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

It's taken us a few years, but we have finally started mobilizing like-minded homeowners in our neighborhood and have them fired up. We successfully obtained over 33% "no" votes on a current resolution (quite a feat in that we live in a VERY large neighborhood).

So, the questions I have are thus:

* Our annual elections are in a few months, what sort of dirty tricks can I expect from the current board and management company to try and remain in power?

* Any good advice, tips, or websites that anyone knows of on how to get control of the annual meeting via Robert's Rules? Our by-laws clearly state that they must be followed at the meeting.

* We highly suspect that our board is getting kick-backs and are trying to setup a foreclosure scam, what's the best way to start investigating both? If we discover that they are, what is our legal recourse?

* What are the warning signs that a HOA is "going bad"?

**A: [url]www.caionline.org[/url]

[dgambler]

Originally Posted by HomeGuru

**A: [url=http://www.caionline.org]CAI Homepage[/url]

Seriously? Seems to me that is more HOA slanted than homeowner slanted.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by dgambler

Seriously? Seems to me that is more HOA slanted than homeowner slanted.

**A: then get the 33% to pool together to hire your own attorney.