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Welcome to "Bad HOA," where host Luke Carlson, Esq., a seasoned attorney with over 15 years of experience, empowers homeowners to reclaim their neighborhoods from mismanaged homeowners associations.
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HOA Mediation: What Actually Happens and How to Prepare (opens the original)
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If your plan is to sue your HOA, California law has a step you have to take first, and getting it wrong can cost you the money you spend winning. Mediation is the most misunderstood room in an HOA dispute. Most homeowners picture a courtroom and a judge, and are surprised to learn that in California the Davis-Stirling Act pushes almost every enforcement dispute through alternative dispute resolution before a lawsuit can be filed at all. Skip that step and you can win your case, ask the court to
Win Your HOA Lawsuit, Lose Your Attorney's Fees? What You Need to Know About ADR (opens the original)
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Most homeowners arrive saying the same thing — I want to sue my HOA — but in California, filing too early can quietly cost you the right to recover your attorney's fees. After months or years of being ignored, fined, or stonewalled, a lawsuit feels like the only way to be taken seriously. It usually isn't, and under the Davis-Stirling Act it often cannot be the first step. Luke Carlson and Marty walk through pre-litigation — everything that happens between "I've had enough" and a complaint actua
Proving HOA Negligence: Duty, Breach, and the Paper Trail That Wins (opens the original)
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“My HOA is negligent” gets said a lot — but negligence is an actual legal claim with specific parts, and knowing them is the difference between a complaint your board ignores and a case it can’t. In this revisited episode, we break down how HOA negligence really works: the four elements you need, how boards hide behind the business judgment rule, and the documentation-and-escalation playbook that tends to separate a strong case from one a board can brush aside. What We Get Into: The four buildin
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