CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS PAYMENTS: The Hidden Trap
originally published in the Florida Community Association Journal, February 2020 edition The owner of real property can end up paying twice when they pay their general
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Jeffrey Rembaum, Esq. is a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law and a community association lawyer with the law firm Kaye Bender Rembaum, in its Palm Beach Gardens office. He also is the writer for Rembaum’s Association Roundup. Mr. Rembaum’s law practice consists of representing condominium, homeowners, and cooperative associations, developers and unit owners throughout Florida. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or by calling 561-241-4462. No good writer exists without a great editor, and that editor is KBR attorney Andrew B. Black, BCS. Learn more about Mr. Black here.
originally published in the Florida Community Association Journal, February 2020 edition The owner of real property can end up paying twice when they pay their general
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