Pinellas County attorney Robert L. Tankel advocates showing no mercy toward property owners who fall behind on their homeowners association fees.
"If you have to sue some people, that's life," Tankel advised associations in a YouTube video.
The pitch helped Tankel secure more than 500 association clients, some of which have gone after homeowners for as little as $239.50 in unpaid fees. The swift action allows associations to foreclose on the property, kick the homeowner out, and then collect rent from a new tenant or sell the homes to third parties.
Either way, the HOA gets its money and Tankel gets a fee, usually a couple thousand dollars. Tankel has also offered to waive his legal fee if his clients sell their properties to a company he owns.
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