Assessment Collection

At Halk, Oetinger, and Brown, we believe delinquent homeowners should pay for the attorney fees and court costs for their failure to pay contractually obligated assessments, not your association.

When a homeowner fails to respond to your management company or association’s letters and certified mail noticing them about your intent to send them to collections, we’re ready to take legal action.

Our firm will send a preliminary demand letter. If the owners do not pay, we record a Lien for Assessments against the delinquent owners’ property. If the owners still do not pay, we will obtain a judgment to encourage payment as ordered by the court and resolve the matter. If the owner still refuses to pay pursuant to the court’s judgment, foreclosure may be an option. Foreclosure lawsuits can often be filed at no cost to the Association if the home has sufficient equity (approximately 25% depending on the home). If there is insufficient equity in the home, we will foreclose for a flat fee. There will not be any surprises when you get your bill for unexpected hourly charges. We assess our collection fees and costs directly to the delinquent owners, not your association.
If we don’t collect, we don’t get paid. At Halk, Oetinger, and Brown, we’re focused on results, not billable hours.

Our firm offers a contingent fee retainer where we collect assessments for no charge to your Association, except for foreclosures in “insufficient equity” cases as discussed below.