Consultation
Services

I am not an attorney. I do not offer legal advice.

I am not a mediator.

What I do offer, however, is a review of your situation and suggestions for addressing issues that you are encountering.

I offer consultation which provides insight, suggestions, and action items for improving Community Association (HOA, POA, COA, etc.) relations with home/property owner members based on my capacity as a professional researcher, advocate, and the knowledge gained from personal experience. My goal is to help people, board members and residents, to work through their issues and to provide suggestions for reaching compromise. Results cannot be guaranteed as it is up to the involved parties to resolve their issues. I can, however, try to create a path to compromise and understanding.

I offer educational lectures to home/property owner members and board members which help all parties to understand the HOA system more clearly, to provide suggestions for addressing issues and problems these organizations commonly encounter, and I can offer resources which can assist members of both parties with their endeavor to create a fair, equitable, democratic, and agreeable Association.

Please see standard notification of engagement letter below for specific details of the review process.

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NOTE: I DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH ATTORNEYS. Any correspondence I receive from a legal firm or representative will not be responded to. Any response will be sent to the engaging individual or president of the associated board and billed accordingly. Boards are fully responsible for their own attorney, legal, or other fees accrued. In any legal action or response incurred by an association board or individual board member that board or individual responsible for the necessity of legal counsel and action on the part of Resident Evil HOA Lectures, LLC shall pay all costs incurred to the full extent. Services rendered are educational and for public information and research purposes. Publication of data and research results freely given by participants is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and all other related laws protecting academic freedom and freedom of speech.

• Consultation services are rendered at the cost of $250.00 (US) per hour (unless alternative agreement is made prior to engagement).

• There is a minimum of two (2) hours as an initial consultation service (unless alternative agreement is made prior to engagement). Additional time can be added to this minimum per each instance of full or partial engagement (defined below).

• An instance of engagement, either full or partial (defined below), will be billed for a full hour, regardless if a partial hour of time is spent in engagement.

• The engaging individual will be invoiced for the consultation. Associations, Boards, or other corporate organizations cannot be billed unless a Directors' Agreement of Engagement is executed, as described below. The engaging individual (initiated verbally or in writing) is responsible for payment for services. It will be their option and responsibility to be compensated by their Association separately.

• In the instance that there are multiple individuals who engage my services at the same time, each individual will be billed separately for an instance of full or partial engagement, whether initiated verbally or in writing, unless alternative agreement is made prior to the instance of engagement.

• Unless prior agreement is made or at the discretion of the consultant, payment is due prior to the instance of engagement. Verbal instances of engagement can be billed afterward.

• If payment for services is deferred to after the conclusion of the instance of engagement, payment is due within seven (7) days of the date of the invoice. Payments received after this date will incur a late fee of $50 per business day (24 hours) they are late.

• Payment can only be accepted in the form of a personal or cashier's check with the name of the responsible individual clearly identified on said check.

• A Directors' Agreement of Engagement may be entered into by a Board of Directors in order to engage with and bill an Association rather than individuals. Acting in their capacity as members of the Board of Directors, the Principal Officers will be presented with a contract of engagement which will meet the following conditions:

  • Document will describe exact services asked for by the Board of Directors. Customization will be identified and clarified.

  • Document will provide an estimated range of fees and costs for engagement. Final billing may vary. The Board will be notified if charges are expected to exceed the highest amount in the estimate.

  • Terms and Conditions of engagement will be described and hold the Board of Directors of the named Association legally bound and in agreement with and responsible for said terms and conditions, including billing arrangements.

  • Contract will be signed on each page by the acting President, as representative for the Board.

  • A signature page will be executed with signed approval of all principal officers and will be notarized to confirm this approval.

• An "instance of partial engagement" occurs when a member (board or resident member), acting in their capacity as either board member or resident, makes inquiry which engages my knowledge and expertise as a consultant in the capacity described here. Partial engagement is enacted either verbally or in writing. Partial engagement can be applied toward full engagement if arrangements are made ahead of time. Partial engagement is considered concluded at end of conversation or communicative interaction. Re-engagement will begin another partial or full engagement session.

• An "instance of full engagement" includes:

1. Initial consultation in which client describes issue(s) at hand and goal(s) for the engagement (no guarantees of success - this is informative only).

2. Non-Legal review of governing documents, any communication platforms (website, social media, etc.), possible interviews with interested or involved parties (home owners, board members, etc.), and any additional research needed in order to provide suggestions, educate involved parties, provide possible resources, and similar.

3. Printed non-legal report of findings, suggestions, resources, and other information which can assist in reaching stated goal(s) for the group.

4. Post-report consultation to answer any questions, provide clarification, and otherwise conclude the consultation.

Every effort will be made to secure the privacy of individual homeowners who engage my services, respond to surveys and questionnaires, or otherwise communicate with me. Personal information is never shared in any way, and names of persons who engage or communicate with me are NEVER shared with their respective association boards unless I am directed to do so by written consent.

Board members, as acting officers of the association, can be identified as such given publicly available information provided to association members in general, corporate registration and document information, and/or through information provided and publicly available in compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act.

Data compiled in surveys and questionnaires of neighborhoods may be used in publications, including but not limited to news/media articles or interviews; the Resident Evil HOA Lectures website, presentations, and social media; academic or trade article publications; book publication. Again, individual homeowner names will be redacted and protected.

Please click below to message me to request a consultation. If you wish to arrange for alternative terms than provided here, please indicate so in your message. You will not be charged for the creation of alternative terms and conditions.

By contacting me or initiating an instance of engagement by any other means, as defined above, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions set forth herein.