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POA Law 101: The Texas Property Code Chapters All Community Managers and Board Members Need to Know The POA industry is filled with policies, rules and regulations. As self-governing entities, POAs adopt governing documents, bylaws and more that outline the expectations for all residents. But it is not just the residents that have to followRead more

Communication is the key to many things in life. The same holds true for property owners associations (POAs). Board members and community managers play a major role in keeping the community informed about operations, in times of disaster and of general happenings within the community. Accordingly, RMWBH wants to ensure board members and managers haveRead more

For many, the start of fall marks the hope of cooler temperatures being near, but for POA community managers and board members that is another story. September means the heat is really cranked up with the stress of budget season falling upon the POA industry. The requirements on how the budget should be set dependsRead more

Final Update June 5, 2023 The 88th Texas Legislative Regular Session has come to an end.  On May 29, 2023, Governor Abbott released a proclamation calling for a special session of the Texas Senate to reconvene on June 2, 2023, to focus on bills related to property taxes and border security.  With the eyes ofRead more

The Texas Property Code is full of statutes that can create headaches for real estate developers who wish to develop a condominium regime. In the initial planning stages of the development, it is crucial for developers not to look ahead to what the end results will be without first getting their plats and plans structuredRead more

Two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic things are returning to a sense of normalcy for many, but not everything has gone back to the way it was before the pandemic began. One major change brought on by the pandemic in the property owners association (POA) world is the use of virtual platformsRead more

“Winter is coming” is not just a slogan from a popular tv show, but something all Texans will remember for years to come. The great freeze of 2021 opened our eyes to the delicateness of our public and private infrastructure. After days of temperatures in the teens with no power or water due to theRead more

After a long 140 days, the 87th Texas Legislative Session has come to an end. In November when bill filing began, many believed this would be a quiet session concerning POAs with most of the legislative focus being on COVID-19 relief and other related issues. But, over the past few months, the legislative session turnedRead more

In Part I of our 87th Texas Legislative Session Recap, we examined the bills that passed the Congress and have been signed or are awaiting the Governor’s signature. In Part II of our Legislative Session Recap, we will examine the bills that failed to pass during this session. Bills That Received Legislative Action But FailedRead more

April saw the various committees around the capitol kick into high gear. The committees are rapidly hearing, considering, modifying and voting on whether to pass the many POA related bills on to the full chamber for a vote. For this legislative update, we will provide an update on the current status of each bill andRead more