Benny L. Kass

Q: After several years of haphazard customer service from our previous property management company, our community association board, of which I have been a member for four years, outlined expectations...

Q: My husband and I purchased our retirement town home three years ago. We were the fourth building in the first phase of a two-phase subdivision. Our builder is very...

Q: We have a couple of delinquent owners in our condo. Can we prohibit them from using the swimming pool? A: Good timing. The Maryland Court of Appeals — the...

Q: We paid off our house a bit early in preparation for retirement, which was a good thing because we saved a lot of money on interest. When we paid...

Q: I live in a 104-unit co-op building. Recently, the board of directors passed a plumbing resolution that states: "Inside wall pipes serving only one unit is the responsibility of...

Q: I am selling my house and have retained a real estate agent. We have a different view as to what price to offer to the public, and she has...

Q: Our new neighbors had a land survey done and a portion of my fence is inside their property line. The neighbor took down the fence and cut my bushes...

Q: I am on the board of our medium-size homeowners association. It is not gated, and periodically we see a strange man wandering around on our streets. He has frightened...

Q: My association has a comprehensive insurance program with property, liability, fidelity, umbrella, directors and officers, and workers' comp coverage. Recently an owner hired a cable company to install equipment...

Q: My wife and I and our two teenage children have rented a nice house near the kids' high school for many years. We have religiously paid the rent on...