EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this episode, Host Steve Tinnelly interviews Ramona Acosta on their newest adventure, CAM University, established to create supportive relationships with management company partners by leveraging Tinnelly Law Groups legal and community management expertise to provide a professional training and development program that takes the individual manager from the CMCA certification to the PCAM designation.

KEY POINTS

• First California edition of a prerequisite course that complies with state certification requirements
• Approved by CAMICB as a prerequisite course for your CMCA designation
• California-specific community management education program covering:
  • Budgets, reserves, governance, legal issues, HR management, meetings, property maintenance, ethics and much more
• Course is approved alternative to CAI's M-100 California Edition
• Receive California-based instruction for your CMCA in LESS time and money

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Steven J. Tinnelly, Esq. is the Managing Partner of Tinnelly Law Group. He is known for his exceptional writing, analytical and negotiation skills, and providing general counsel representation to many of the firm's larger HOA clients throughout the state. Mr. Tinnelly is very active within the community association industry and devotes a substantial amount of time to educating homeowners and industry professionals about the legal issues affecting California community associations. Read more

Ramona Acosta, PCAM is the Director of Operations & Business Development for Tinnelly Law Group. Ms. Acosta directs and manages the firm's business development, marketing, public relations, and client relationship management efforts. Her success as a community manager and management company executive, coupled with her extensive knowledge of the California laws pertaining to HOAs, provides significant value to our clients and the professionals who manage them. Read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this episode Co-Hosts Steve Tinnelly and Ramona Acosta speak to Isaac Camacho and Sean Andersen on the Rising Costs of Construction

KEY POINTS

• Construction and labor costs
• Mandatory minimum wage
• Systemic inflation
• Building code changes
• SB 326 due by the end of the year
• Why HOAs need to raise assessments
• Properly maintaining assets, deferred maintenance and underfunded reserves
• Rising insurance costs in relation to liability claims

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Isaac Camacho has over 10 years' experience in business development and has taken clients from positions of none-to-low brand recognition to exceeding sales goals and expectations and solid brand reputation in target markets. Isaac has strong interpersonal skills and is not only able to produce record-breaking sales himself but is also able to build and train successful sales teams that can sustain a level of desired sales revenues. Isaac is currently a sales/marketing expert with the state's fastest growing termite and pest control company, Accurate Termite & Pest Control. Read more

Sean started working at Association Reserves in 1999. He opened the regional office in Orange County in 2003. Sean has completed over 3,000 Reserve Studies for properties ranging from small community associations to large master planned communities. He earned the Community Association Institute's (CAI) Reserve Specialist (RS) designation and has the distinction of being RS #68. Sean is an active member of the CAI Orange County chapter. Sean has also been an instructor on the subject of Reserves for training courses offered by CAI. Read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this episode Host Cang Le speaks to a guest panel live from our 2024 Legal Symposium featuring Tinnelly Law Group Attorneys Corey Todd and Carrie Heieck; Mark Dodge, Regional Vice President at Associa; and Michelle Lopez, Director of Community Management at Powerstone Property Management, regarding the rights of entry for deceased homeowners.

KEY POINTS

• Exercising the right of entry provisions in the CC&Rs
• What constitutes an emergency in order to gain entry without notice
• Gaining entry when the owner is deceased
• How to seek judicial assistance
• Recouping delinquent assessments, attorney's fees and costs

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Mark Dodge is the Regional Vice President of Associa and the President and CEO of Associa - Desert Resort Management, the largest HOA management company in the Coachella Valley. His experience is wide and includes both senior management and financial positions in the publishing, sports marketing, automotive, technology, and event management industries. Read more about Mark here.

Michelle Lopez is the Director of Community Management at Powerstone Property Management and oversees the Coachella Valley office. As a lifelong resident of Coachella Valley, Michelle understands the needs and way of life in the desert. She is an experienced supervisor and senior community association manager. Read more about Michelle here.

Corey is a Senior Attorneys with Tinnelly Law Group and Alterra Assessment Recovery. Prior to Tinnelly, Corey completed an externship with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, where he clerked for the Honorable Erithe Smith. Corey also spent several years working for a civil litigation firm that built its core business on the representation of financial institutions in the servicing of both commercial and residential property portfolios.

Carrie is a Senior Attorney with Tinnelly Law Group practicing for over 15 years primarily representing corporate and institutional clients in areas including corporate formation, contracts, and real estate issues. It was by chance that she began representing several HOAs through word of mouth and discovered a niche of the law that she loves.