HOA Law Nerds, The Podcast
by HOA Law Nerds
Just a couple of community association lawyers from Virginia talking shop and nerding out on ALL things community associations. We love what we do and want to (i) provide education on HOAs, (ii) dispel common myths about HOAs, and (iii) have fun while making you laugh some. We hope you'll join us on the ride! Have any questions or topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].
Episodes
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Episode 33: Nerdy Insights with Jeff Lawrence - Annual Meeting Season!
Special Guest Jeff Lawrence of Capitol Property Management discusses HOA and condo annual meetings best practices, potential pitfalls, and good times.
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Episode 32: Virginia HOA & Condo Post-Judgment Collections
Bank garnishments, wage garnishments, rent garnishments, writs of fieri facias (fi fa!) / sheriff's levy, foreclosure. Oh my! LEGAL DISCLAIMER - This information is not intended to be legal advice. Legal advice must be tailored to the specific facts and circumstances of each case and each...
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Episode 31: Nerdy Insights with Crishana Loritsch - Using Your Experts
Let's talk professional networks, insurance, having the right expert(s) in the room, and let's have some FUN doing it!
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Episode 30: Case Law Review - The Rule of the Last Antecedent
We love our case law! The Virginia Court of Appeals recently issued a decision involving primarily a question of statutory interpretation - whether a condo association could amend its declaration to extend the time period within which the condo could be expanded. Yes, this quite the...
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Episode 29 - Nerdy Insights with Honeydew Energy Advisors - BEPS!
Building Energy Performance Standards
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Episode 28 - Nerdy Insights with EJF - AI Edition
The Nerds discuss AI use in community association management with Mira Brown and Aaron Mindel from EJF Real Estate Services. Complete with AI-generated disclaimer in middle of discussion. Here we go!
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Episode 27 - Nerdy Insights with Sequoia Management
This episode in HOA-Nerd-Land is quite different, as Tiago and Dan sync up with Jen Darwin and Shannon Cook from Sequoia Management to talk about - how we got into this business?! Working with community associations is a unique and special experience - very few people likely grow up thinking they...
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Episode 26: Nerdy Insights with Dawn Bauman & Tom Willis - Strategic Planning
Let's talk strategic planning for community associations - what could be a better way to end the year, kick the holidays into gear, and get ready for the new year?
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Episode 25: Case Law Review - Parking, Parking, Parking
Happy Thanksgiving! The Nerds are grateful for their faithful listeners and also those who listen just to be nice to us. In this episode, the Nerds get nerdy again with some discussion and analysis of a line of cases coming out of the Virginia Supreme Court involving the authority of homeowners'...
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Episode 24: Case Law Review - On Sanctions
Our summer hiatus is over! Let's get NERDY! Dan and Tiago dive into the complicated and incomplete case law that has generated a sea of uncertainty in the authority of Virginia community associations to impose various sanctions against homeowners for violations of governing documents. Whether an...
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Episode 23: Solar Panels & Clotheslines
Let's get nerdy with solar panels! Dan and Tiago take a few minutes to appreciate and explain how statutes in the Commonwealth of Virginia limit the authority of community associations to restrict where and how homeowners can install solar panels on their property. What do clotheslines have to do...
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Episode 22: Nerdy Insights with Cardinal Management
It's time for another Insightful episode with the Nerds, Dan and Tiago! In this episode, the Nerds sync up with the wonderful Victoria Garner and Candace Lewis of Cardinal Management Group, a RealManage Company to talk all things rule adoption and enforcement. Covenant and rule enforcement is...
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Episode 21: Nerdy Insights with FirstService Residential
Another Nerdy Insight! This time with our good friends, Mark Bailey and Shayla Love, of FirstService Residential. Mark, Shayla, Dan, and I spend a half hour talking communication and how critical it is for community associations, emphasizing the importance of the relationship between the Board…
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Episode 20: The End of Corporate Transparency?!
Howdy Nerds! We've taken a little hiatus but we're back and man do we have content ready for you! We're going to jump start things with a short little feature on the current status of the Corporate Transparency Act and the Beneficial Owner Information reporting requirements. We truly hope we…
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Episode 19 - Nerdy Insights with USI Insurance
The Nerds' first guests!!! We welcome Christa Brady, AMS, PCAM, CIRMS and Jessica Knutsen, CIC, EBP, CIRMS from USI Insurance on the pod to talk the CIRMS designation and burgeoning insurance issues involving micromobility devices (e.g., e-bikes) and electric vehicle charging stations. We are so...
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Episode 18 - The Virginia Common Interest Community Ombudsman: A Primer
It's our first episode of 2025! We appreciate your joining us on the ride as it runs towards Year 2. In this episode, the Nerds provide a primer and some insight on the Common Interest Community Ombudsman - an administrative arm of the state government that provides limited oversight of community...
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Episode 17 - FinCEN Gets an Early Christmas Present
We told you the law relating to the Corporate Transparency Act's Beneficial Owner Information Reporting Requirements could change again! The Nerds jump on for another emergency pod to report on the recent unpublished opinion from the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that stayed the...
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Episode 16 - CTA Upheaval at the Eleventh Hour
*Surprise Emergency Pod Alert* The Nerds jump on to provide a quick but critical update out of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas where a PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION has been ordered indefinitely suspending all reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act...
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Episode 15 - The Nerds Express Gratitude
Okay, Nerds - let's do something different. It is officially Thanksgiving Week and Dan and Tiago are STOKED for their favorite holiday of the year. In recognition of Thanksgiving and the tradition of giving thanks on this delicious of days, the Nerds take a few minutes to express appreciation and...
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Episode 14 - Contracts, Contracts, Contracts!
Hey Nerds! As community association lawyers, we often encounter contracts, contracts, contracts - so let's talk about them! In this episode, Dan and Tiago cover the very basic requirements to create a contract and then talk through some particularly critical types of provisions that they tend to...
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Episode 13 - SpOoKy SeAsOn - Holiday Decorations
Getting ready for the winter holidays, it's important to make sure your community's rules are ready to take on HOLIDAY DECORATIONS!
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Episode 12 - Be Prepared for Annual Meetings
Remember that Scar song from Disney's The Lion King - "Be Prepared"? Well, apparently Dan didn't. But that doesn't stop the Nerds from going ALL IN on annual meetings. Let's chat and learn a little bit about annual meetings and how important it is to BE PREPARED for them - particularly seeing as...
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Episode 11 - There's Your Political Sign
The Nerds tackle, generally, an issue that is coming up with more and more frequency as the First Tuesday of November looms - POLITICAL SIGNS and the authority of associations to restrict them! What about the Constitutional Right to Free Speech? What about covenants and content-based rulemaking?...
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Episode 10 - Pool Party, Baby
It’s summer time in the city! Your favorite nerds spend some time reviewing how pool rules can get a community association into a whole heap of fair housing trouble, before offering some tips and tricks to stay on the straight and narrow. No “adult swim” time here!!!
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Episode 9 - Virginia Legislative Update
It's summertime in the city and Virginia laws are looking pretty . . . READY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE! July 1st is a big day in the Commonwealth as it is the day that the laws adopted by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor earlier this year take effect. The HOA LAW Nerds take this...
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Episode 8 - Pool Time & Bulletin Boards
In the midst of an enjoyable three-day weekend, the Nerds sit down to tackle a rather Virginia-specific subject of the "METHOD OF COMMUNICATION" all Virginia HOAs and condos are required to implement for use by their members.
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Episode 7 - Mental Health is Important. Sainani is too.
One of the Nerds is stressed, and his favorite way to decompress is to NERD OUT on case law. This episode focuses on Sainani v. Belmont Glen HOA, an important case out of the Virginia Supreme Court involving a large HOA in Loudoun County. Listen in, Nerds!
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Episode 6 - What is Due Process???
The NERDS take on the subject of due process in the context of community association covenant and rule enforcement. Also, Happy Earth Day!
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Episode 5 - Corporate Transparency Act, An Update
The HOA Law Nerds briefly discuss a recent-ish decision coming out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (ROLL TIDE) that ruled the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act to be unconstitutional. Don't get too excited yet, folks, but more developments…
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Episode 4 - Spring Has Sprung?
As the warmer months approach, exterior improvement projects and lot inspections are upon us!
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Episode 3 - Sunshine & Open Meetings
The HOA Law Nerds survived Las Vegas and the 2024 Edition of the Community Associations Institute Law Seminar. Time for cleansing discussion about transparency requirements for board of directors meetings. Today we focus on the Open Meetings laws in Virginia and the District of Columbia, with...
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Episode 2 - Super Bowl feat. Corporate Transparency Act
Welcome to Episode 2 of HOA Law Nerds! It's Super Bowl Sunday and what better what to celebrate the day than by nerding out with your favorite HOW Law Nerds. Today, we tackle (broadly) the Corporate Transparency Act (or the “Corporate Transparency Nap” if you’re Brian) and the various disclosure...
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Episode 1 - Welcome to HOA Law Nerds
Welcome to HOA Law Nerds, with Dan Blom and Tiago Bezerra. We are super excited to bring this super niche, super fun, and super nerdy podcast directly to you. Our topic - community associations! We don't get too deep in this episode, just introducing you to who we are and the topic of our…
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About this show
Just a couple of community association lawyers from Virginia talking shop and nerding out on ALL things community associations. We love what we do and want to (i) provide education on HOAs, (ii) dispel common myths about HOAs, and (iii) have fun while making you laugh some. We hope you'll join us on the ride! Have any questions or topics you'd like us to cover? Email us at [email protected].
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