Fighting Your California HOA? Avoid These 5 Costly Mistakes

About this episode

Michael Kushner discusses the five biggest mistakes homeowners make when fighting their HOA in California.

In this HOA Q&A, California's leading homeowner-side HOA attorney, Michael Kushner, explains the five biggest strategic mistakes California homeowners make when fighting their HOA, and why even a homeowner who is completely right can still lose. Most homeowners who lose to a bad HOA don't lose on the facts or the law. They lose because of what they do in the early days of the fight, often without realizing the damage until it's too late to undo. The HOA's attorneys are counting on i...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Kushner

Topics covered

• HOA disputes
• homeowner rights
• legal mistakes
• California law
• homeowner associations

Keywords

• HOA
• California
• homeowner
• legal advice
• disputes
• mistakes
• attorney

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Places: California

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