redskingreg wrote:
The fees I see for attorneys that don't specialize in HOAs and Condos are laughable. I know around 5 or 6 that specialize in just that, and seem to have much more reasonable fees, which makes sense. Though I would suggest staying away from the one that charged one of our associations $900 for a two page attorney opinion request letter that took all of 30 minutes.
A lot of times an "opinion letter" could lead to an inheritance of a pretty good amount liability on the writer, regardless of how the wording is couched, and, at the very least, someone is likely going to try and rely on it to their benefit (and hopefully not to their detriment!), so I don't see a problem with the $900.00 fee. It is a lot cheaper than bringing or defending a lawsuit.
What you think took only 30 minutes could have taken much longer than that with combined time spent on research, proof, and preparation.
Furthermore, the Association was not involved in any lawsuits at the time of our audit!
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