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Building Permits & Pockets of Freedom

Michael Reynolds, famed experimental architect and builder, features an interactive map on his website that he hopes to use to encourage, inspire or perhaps even shame building departments into better practices. Reynolds invites contributors to out their building departments and help him add their counties onto the map.

Borrowing Options for HOAs

Homeowners’ Associations are raising dues to cover the high number of delinquencies, but an option-of-last-resort is a condominium association loan. Although there is no lienable real estate title – the common area is owned equally by the homeowners and has no lendable value – the loans are secured by the monthly homeowners’ association dues.