Arizona HOAs and ALL That Jazz!: The Ultimate Arizona Guide for Homeowners, Board Members, and Professionals Involved in HOA Management

When Burt and Susan Sweetow entered the realm of educating real estate professionals in Arizona, they also experienced the many sides of HOA boards. A general reality is that most people don’t know what they don’t know! This book is an accumulation of many years insight into HOA leadership, management relations, and communication. It is designed to be easy to read, understand and stay informed through the Arizona State Statutes regarding homeowner’s associations.
The ideal reader for HOAs and All That Jazz is any homeowner or resident currently serving on the board of directors of their Homeowner’s Association (HOA)… is thinking about serving or just wants to be better informed of the issues faced by every HOA. The goal of the authors is to provide readers with the cumulative expertise, wisdom and education to shorten the learning curve and provide tools to effectively manage an HOA. There are critical factors involved: guidance with establishing a sound system, communication, and education with regard to governance, oversight and management planning. By the end of the book, readers will be able to express credible responses to any issue encountered by their HOA.
HOA Boards are rarely something to which homeowners flock; they are rife with tension and stress, and not something people would find an enjoyable or rewarding experience.
HOAs and All That Jazz explores various elements to transform a crisis-driven environment into a group of people focused on clear goals and direction. Written by industry experts, Burt and Susan Sweetow, homeowners, board members and the professional services that support HOAs will benefit from shortcuts to wisdom without costly mistakes.
Amenities and reasonable regulation are the common draw for homeowners buying properties with an HOA. Research reflects in some states, as high as 20% of homeowners reside in such communities, looking for neighborhood standards and assuming responsibilities local governments are unable to manage. In this informational guidebook written by Burt and Susan Sweetow, readers are privy to decades of experience, education and knowledge about homeowner associations. They couple their wisdom with information direct from the Arizona Statutes – making sure readers know not only were to access the rulings, but to increase their knowledge of the laws stated therein.
The authors examine a wide-range of HOA-related topics, including the history, variables in formation, responsibilities of the Board of Directors, established committees and their responsibilities, and a plethora of other information outlined in the rulings set forth in the laws of the State of Arizona, as well as other resources, important to the management of any homeowners association.
Are HOAs in Crisis in America? Need we pay closer attention to the controversies arising from the negative feelings of living in Homeowners Associations? In HOAs and All That Jazz, Burt and Susan Sweetow addresses the question of why some local, state, national government and police are reticent to interfere in HOA dealings
There are myriad documented atrocities perpetrated by HOAs, including stress induced illness, neighbor and family problems, financial abuse, foreclosures and general strong-arm tactics geared at controlling homeowners… education and advocacy for homeowners is essential.