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Becker Community Association Shareholder Donna DiMaggio Berger participated in episode 12 of the second season of Castle Group’s COVID-19 webinar series. She was joined by Castle Group’s Founder and CEO James Donnelly as they continue exploring topics including the challenges associated with re-opening communities. Watch the webinar replay.  

This week, we’re going to discuss a few bills that will impact all types of Florida community associations. CS/HB 7 /SB 72 (Brandes) are bills which would protect “business entities” against COVID-19 related claims for damages, injury or death. These bills do include condominiums, cooperatives, and HOAs within the definition of a […]

Becker Shareholder Donna DiMaggio Berger joined KW Property Management Executive Director Tim O’Keefe and COO Katalina Cruz in their webinar “One Year Later: COVID-19 Best Practices for Community Associations.” During their discussion, the panelists both reflected back and also discussed best practices for HOAs and Condo associations as we look […]

Florida is always potentially in the path of a deadly storm during hurricane season. Because of that geographic vulnerability, property insurance changes are hotly debated each year during Florida’s 60-day Legislative Session. Every year seems to bring increasingly active hurricane seasons and, naturally, property insurance rates climb ever higher. Another […]

 When was the last time you thoroughly reviewed your governing documents? The Statute changes over time. New court rulings can change the legal landscape. What worked for your developer or for a community 20, 30 or 40 years ago may no longer work for you today. This is why […]