Condo Q&A

How does condo buyer determine monthly fees from assessments?

Written by stephen polinsky | Fri, Feb 3, 2012 @ 12:52 AM
I was recently told if a condo seller in Ohio adds a monthly HOA fee amount and a monthly "non-recorded" assessment amount and merely shows a "total" on a disclosure form, and a buyer or realtor or title company does not verify them as being two separate charges (one an HOA fee and the other an assessment), even though a seller doesn't "disclose" that assessment anywhere on the disclosure form and buyer isn't given the opportunity to negotiate the assessment because if wasn't disclosed, a buyer is legally required to pay the assessment no matter how long the payment/terms runs??? Can this be true??