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# [Bad property management - reserve fund never established](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/tabid/19257/bid/73805/Bad-property-management-reserve-fund-never-established.aspx)

 Written by [stephen polinsky](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/author/stephen-polinsky) | Thu, Dec 8, 2011 @ 12:35 PM

My husband and I live in a four-unit condo in CA that is 5 years old. Two years ago, our four residents voted to raise our dues to start funding our reserves. $112 per month was supposed to go into reserves. Now we find out that there are no reserves because our HOA mgr neglected to set up a separate reserve account. What recourse do we have?

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