South Florida homeowner associations get tough collecting delinquent fees

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Aug. 19, 2010 – Homeowner associations throughout South Florida are becoming more assertive in the fight to maintain property values and their own bottom lines amid one of the worst housing collapses since the Great Depression.

A new legal strategy and a sweeping condominium reform bill are empowering boards hit hard by budget shortfalls after a deluge of foreclosures in recent years.

On This Day:  Wednesday August 18, 2004

The internet search engine Google went public and the price of shares was $85 

Here's what the stock looked like yesterday....coulda, shoulda, woulda.... 490.52 +4.93‎ (1.02%‎)  Aug 17 4:00pm ET

Most students entering college for the first time this fall—the Class of 2014—were born in 1992.

For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Burt Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.

1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.

2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.

3. “Go West, Young College Grad” has always implied “and don’t stop until you get to Asia…and learn Chinese along the way.”

4. Al Gore has always been animated.

5. Los Angelinos have always been trying to get along.

CHICAGO – Aug. 5, 2010 – The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) has formed a commercial real estate workgroup to create data standards for the commercial real estate market. RESO oversees the NAR-supported Real Estate Transaction Standard, which defines an approach for exchanging listings with multiple listing services.

“As the leading advocate for private property rights, NAR applauds RESO for establishing this new, groundbreaking commercial real estate workgroup,” says NAR President Vicki Cox Golder.

Today is July Forth - Independence Day - From Reference.com, here are some things you may not have known:

Memorable Events on July Fourth:

Africa is by far the most linguistically diverse continent, with approximately 2000 languages by some counts. Some 50 African languages have more than half a million speakers each. Tonality - tones based on pitch levels to indicate semantic or grammatical distinction - is a common feature of indigenous African languages.

Whether you are a South Florida resident or a visitor to our paradise, you need to visit this Facebook page to check out 365 Things To Do In South Florida - and tons of them are FREE - absolutely FREE.  Be sure to check out all the Fourth of July Celebrations happening this weekend in South Florida.

Check out another great Facebook page - this one is all about great things to do in Coral Gables - and so many of them are FREE.  For this holiday weekend, be sure to check out Fourth of July Celebrations in the Gables.

Here's the page desription: Coral Gables is truly, The City Beautiful. Beautiful architecture, homes, shops restaurants and people. This city is filled with tons of things to see and do! Have your own favorites? Let us know and we'll share!

Check out this great Facebook page that has links to all kinds of great things to do - including tons of FREE things.  For this holiday weekend - checkout Fourth of July Celebrations throughout Miami and on Miami Beach!

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2010-By Stephanie Andre-WIth the holiday weekend approaching, it's a great time to sit back with friends and family and take in some amazing aerial displays - fireworks.

But like many, your photos probably never come out as well as seeing it live. Well, maybe that's changing. Check out these tips from Shutterfly.com photo blogger Rachel B. on taking some amazing fireworks photos:

1. Extra Memory Cards – the more photos you can take, the better chance you have of walking away with some great shots

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