Category: General and News Blog
The decided majority of people simply don’t vote. They don’t attend their Condo Board Meetings, they don’t even read the annual information package that is given to each buyer …
This construction site has been an eye-sore for well over two (2) years now! We purchased our home in December 2014 with a September 2015 scheduled Closing Date. Our …
The Condo Act is quite specific about material to be turned over at and following the “Turn Over Meeting” of a condominium. There is a specific section of the …
We have heard (a story that I broke on simplycondos.com, the predesessor to simplycharles.com) of half a million dollar “toilet scheme” thefts by property managers of condominiums, along with …
If you haven’t been following my blogs over the past decade and a half and you are thinking of buying, living in, renting out (or know some who is …
This is something that I’ve discovered first hand in most condos that I’ve invested in over the years. Consumers, after being “shafted” throughout the purchase process, and shafted with …
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that a developer or builder is actually a company that “builds” buildings and homes. The construction industry is a virtual “pyramid scheme“. The builder …
I’m trying to work through the dysfunction under which our condo corporation has been managed by the original board of directors (the builder in this instance – “conflict of …
Sophisticated investors swear by it but a staggering majority of speculators in Condoland couldn’t even explain to you what it is. I’m talking about “Due Diligence“. For decades now …
I’ve never hidden the fact that I am not a highly educated person despite many people concluding that I’m “anything but uneducated“. As I’ve often said, “I was born …
