Q: My condominium is charging me $8,000 to repair a leak they claim originated from my unit. They sent the assessment in a letter without even discussing it with me. The leak wasn’t from my unit because I also had slight water damage where water leaked through my ceiling, leaving a stain, which they would … Read more
Q: We live in a 20-story condominium where every unit has one assigned spot in the garage, and we all share a large upper parking deck. Last year, the upper parking deck was deemed unsafe, resulting in the installation of shoring poles in the garage below, which blocked some assigned parking spots. The people whose … Read more
When Amy Zachmeyer, 41, bought her midcentury, 2-bedroom Houston home for $185,000, it was a fixer upper — but she still felt good about the investment. “It has been really important to me to own a home,” she said. Her parents rented and moved around growing up. She spent most of middle and high school … Read more