Are You the King or Queen of Your Castle?

Many homeowners have a love-hate relationship with their community association. Though the association provides useful services to the neighborhood, there is a downside in the form of rules and regulations that can feel arbitrary or pointless. Attorney Barry Ross aims to educate people about some of the major pitfalls in a community association based on the real cases he handled. Homeowners, community association managers, real estate agents, and attorneys will find the collection of stories in this book both educational and entertaining.

Many homeowners have a love-hate relationship with their community association. Though the association provides useful services to the neighborhood, there is a downside in the form of rules and regulations that can feel arbitrary or pointless. Attorney Barry Ross aims to educate people about some of the major pitfalls in a community association based on the real cases he handled. Homeowners, community association managers, real estate agents, and attorneys will find the collection of stories in this book both educational and entertaining.

Barry A. Ross, JD, has practiced real estate and community association law for fifty years in California. During his career, Ross has participated in more than one hundred jury and non-jury trials, more than fifty arbitrations and mediations, and twenty appeals to the California Court of Appeal. He has been a guest speaker on various community association topics before many different groups of attorneys, including the Orange County Bar Association and the San Diego Bar Association.