Every year, the Lancaster Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Council hosts High Real Estate‘s review of the local commercial and industrial real estate market. High always presents an extensive, well-researched and...
Author: Aaron S. Marines
Surfside Towers Collapse Causes Tighter Maintenance and Capital Reserve Requirements for Associations
February 14, 2022
It has been about half a year since the terrible collapse of Champlain Tower South in Surfside, Florida. Because of this tragedy, condominium and homeowners’ association boards and owners have been concerned about the...
What is FIRPTA, and What Do I Need to Know About It?
January 18, 2022
At the November meeting of the Lancaster Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Council, Rich Weeber of Regal Abstract warned of the problems that the “Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act” or FIRPTA could...
HOA Snow Removal: Your Questions Answered
December 6, 2021
This post was originally published on December 3, 2020 and updated on December 6, 2021. This time of the year, our thoughts turn to family and friends. Maybe we reflect on the past year or look forward to the next. For...
Condominiums, Homeowners’ Associations and Bankruptcy: The Lifecycle of a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
November 22, 2021
In Part 4 of this series, I discussed how the Automatic Stay stops collection efforts against Unit Owners. In this entry, I want to go through a typical timeline for a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy case — mostly from the...