The British are coming, the British are coming

This 4th of July, I will probably celebrate independence from the British more that anyone else. It's good to be in a country where you are free from excessive taxes, rationed health care (1 million on the waiting list to get into hospital), and general oppressive government. It was pure chance when I called the Coon Rapids Herald that I spoke with a chap by the name of Peter Bogley. Peter is an English guy who takes care of stories in the Herald. He understands the court case and will publish the story. He will talk to the president of Riverview Third to get that side of the story.
I'm thinking that the president will think it's a joke. Just imagine, she answers the phone and an English guy starts talking to her. She might think it's me or she might think it's a joke. If not, the chances are the president will have no comment or have some kind of foot in mouth disease. It's sad really. The board would spend way less time on this stuff by having a helping attitude. Instead, they hide, fight and tell you to quit sending emails.

There have been 38 downloads of the Conclusion.pdf This is the court legal analysis, and there have been 96 server requests from http://www.rv3.blogspot.com/

I talked to the Herald becauseI think I would like all town home associations to be aware that they are operating outside of the law if they are charging extra fees to a specific group of people. They all need a uniform playing field.

Here is a daring challenge to the board: Come to the table and let me know what you are trying to achieve. I'm still confused and don't know. My assumption has been that you were trying to limit rental properties all together. If that's the case, I can't help, it's illegal.
If you had something else in mind, feel free to post a note on this site so everyone can understand what you are up to. I know that you had discussions regarding getting a group of people together to take care of rentals but when it comes down to it, what you really need is a group of people who can take care of the association since more police calls are reported for owner occupied buildings than rentals. This makes sense since there are 136 owner occupied properties and 12 rentals. The police report we presented to you last year clearly indicates this.

I do believe however, that there is a method for control of rental property. That involves cooperation by all landlords. Here are the items that should be common for all landlords:

1. screening process. Yes there is a method to make sure that your tenant is going to be a good tenant. Which landlord would not like that?
2. Lease format. They should all be the same. This is a contract and it needs to protect the tenant AND the landlord AND the association. The standard MN lease is not enough.
3. Procedure to deal with issues. This would have management involvement and would be required. Its way easier for a landlord to approach a tenant and let them know that they are forced into dealing with this and warn since the management requires action.
4. Rent increases. These are discussed up front and expose the required association increases. This alerts the tenant that there are other people with common interests in the community.

In order to achieve these (and some others), the covenants would need to be changed with a majority vote since the covenants do not tie landlords together. Each landlord has his own rights which equal everyone else’s rights.

Happy July 4th