I was a little off on the number of units at the other property, it’s actually 797. An interesting fact is also that the complex covers approx. 64 Acres of land. That’s a lot of grass to cut…5 miles of roads to keep up, 11 pools, 4 of them Heated, 4 tennis courts an 18 hole putt-putt course, 14 Shuffle Board Courts, 2 club houses. All this obviously compounds the work and expense there, vs. the work here at Deer Ridge.

I really wish we knew where all our monthly dollars go, and wish we had a system set up for reserves for at least 3 major long term maintenance needs, Roofs, Building Painting, & Road / Parking Lot.

By the way, that is the POINT of this post, Knowing where each dollar goes and making sure it gets there…

Take care, Neil C-208

What an exceptional posting! Thank you for a great apples to apples comparison that everyone should be able to understand.

Some owners wish to believe Joe and his followers. A few owners are of the opinion that it is just Robert’s word against the board.

The latest should convince everyone this is the opinion of a reputable, independent lawyer. As it turns out, it looks like Robert has been about 100% right all along.

Things are not being done properly with our funds at Deer Ridge.

Owners: Do NOT pay another penny toward this assessment as it is not being managed properly at all. This is the advice of legal counsel – not just any owner or just any employee like Joe Thomas here at Deer Ridge reporting this opinion back. This is sound legal advice – and it looks like four different major reasons why this assessment is completely invalid.

Don’t let Joe Thomas try to falsely intimidate you into paying what is really not owed! They have no legal ground to stand on. None!

This comparing of properties proves how poorly Deer Ridge has been managed. With our 84 unit owners paying in all the funds we have paid for over 20 years, we should have accomplished a LOT more with our past money.

And, we should not pay new money until these problems are properly solved.

Ever notice in the days before Joe Thomas arrived on property, things were different at Deer Ridge?

Notice, too, the next time you visit Deer Ridge how many little things our two maintenance folks could fix very easily – but instead have been ignored for years as a result of bad management by Joe Thomas.

Do you know exactly what all the money you pay to Deer Ridge goes towards (what, if anything, is being fixed, maintained?) It seems to me that all we get from two maintenance people on our payroll is getting the trash emptied. What do they have in the way of a checklist and timetable for taking care of maintenance, repairs and preventative maintenance that could save all owners a lot of money so that outside contractors do not need to be hired on our nickel?

Neil has an excellent guest post here with the comparison of Deer Ridge to another property and how a well managed property should and can be run.

I notice Neil speaks of the property that he is comparing to Deer Ridge is a larger property and he also speaks of seven employees. Our tiny 84 Unit Deer Ridge has like 11 employees – way too many employees.

What exactly are these folks who “work” for us accomplishing everyday?