Category: General and News Blog
What a gift that just keeps on giving! Thanks to this builder and especially its COO and now its “Ringer” property management company (I’ve chosen to not name them …
The decided majority of people simply don’t vote. They don’t attend their Condo Board Meetings, they don’t even read the annual information package that is given to each buyer …
This construction site has been an eye-sore for well over two (2) years now! We purchased our home in December 2014 with a September 2015 scheduled Closing Date. Our …
The Condo Act is quite specific about material to be turned over at and following the “Turn Over Meeting” of a condominium. There is a specific section of the …
We have heard (a story that I broke on simplycondos.com, the predesessor to simplycharles.com) of half a million dollar “toilet scheme” thefts by property managers of condominiums, along with …
If you haven’t been following my blogs over the past decade and a half and you are thinking of buying, living in, renting out (or know some who is …
This is something that I’ve discovered first hand in most condos that I’ve invested in over the years. Consumers, after being “shafted” throughout the purchase process, and shafted with …
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that a developer or builder is actually a company that “builds” buildings and homes. The construction industry is a virtual “pyramid scheme“. The builder …
I’m trying to work through the dysfunction under which our condo corporation has been managed by the original board of directors (the builder in this instance – “conflict of …
Sophisticated investors swear by it but a staggering majority of speculators in Condoland couldn’t even explain to you what it is. I’m talking about “Due Diligence“. For decades now …
