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Listen in on the thoughts of what these Loreto homeowners had to say about the HOA regime. LBC is about to turn over the control to the homeowners or are they? Lets talk more about whats going on in our community in Baja. Go to http://www.talkshoe.com search window type in nopolo news. Click play.

On the 4^th podcast we had 4 call-ins and 5 guests text messaging questions for Replay. I will send them the blog content from this podcast. First was the mosquito problem that was caused by the heavy rains. There were great numbers of these bugs and bites were heavy. The first question is: will LBC be notifying homeowners about this in the future and will spraying be done and will the pond on the golf course be treated? Communication on different levels still seems off.

Second question: can the monthly news letter have more info about matters that are of more concern than that the Posadas are 65% complete but still no business (coffee shop, retail, etc.) in sight. How about if some questions be asked by the homeowners and the responses are in the newsletter?

Question three: Who is the person in charge of business development for the Paseo? There should be something started to at least have a small market for the basics since this is a walking community.

In regards to the new sales techniques and question four: Why are you underselling all the casas sold to date and throwing in furniture and 2 years of homeowner’s dues and the Cortez Club.

The last of the questions is: why is there no one around from LBC/Replay at the Homeowners’ Weekends? Many wanted someone to be there just to say hi. Many questions could have been addressed very easily and included in the news letter. The team spirit was not there as only one team showed up!

My closing comment is we all want the same thing. We want this community to be the best it can be. Many homeowners have put their retirement dollars into it. Let’s all invest in communications, it’s cheap and renewable!

Kaz and Randy discuss and clarify things! First was that we were contacted by Mile Ravenhill the day after the last show in regards to communications by LBC. Mike will be happy to speak to us about the Cortez Club when they get closer to launch. He thinks that Nopolo News will be  another way to communicate to the homeowners as long as the information is correct! He wants us all to keep focusing on the final result of our sustainable community that will be realized.

I was joined by a founders couple that text questions that we will answer on the next show. We got an email from another founders couple that I was hopping would call in to discuss the direction of the community! They have seen many resort areas go threw many changes and seen great growth in others.

Then we had an email exchange with Paul Poer the Condo Regime coordinator for LBC:

Kaz; Who is the person that is running things for the HOA regimes?

When can the founder homeowners be able to have HOA meetings and discuss what to do and what is needed?

Paul ; None of the sub-regimes are in operation yet and will not be until common areas are completed and accepted. When this happens the legal steps to bring the sub-regimes into operation will take place ending with an annual meeting and budget approval. I expect E2 will be the first probably in January. We will be reluctant to accept your sub until that community pool is finished. Keep in mind there will be significant increases in monthly assessments once the Developer turns over a sub and stops subsidizing costs.

Kaz; Thank you very much for the info. But it always creates more questions!

You said; significant increases in monthly assessments once the Developer turns over a sub and stops subsidizing costs. What are they subsidizing and what are the cost?

Paul; We don’t track any expenses the Developer pays directly because that is of little interest. We know the service levels and pricing we believe our homeowners will expect and accept and those are numbers that will be used in the budgets. The Developer does directly subsidize about 50% of direct costs such as security, pest control, trash removal Etc. This based on only charging those homes that are complete $50 a month. Once sub regimes are accepted all homes will pay whether accepted or not. We will not discuss specific dollars until we are closer to turn over and all homeowners have a chance to see their proposed budgets

Kaz; The homeowners want to thank you all for helping during the last Hurricane.

Is there an update of Damages or anything that can be done to lessen water damage?

Can homeowners do anything to help?

Paul; As a matter of policy we communicate this type of information directly with homeowners one on one, through Michael Coyle’s regular letters, through the monthly Property Management Newsletter and through the homeowner website, www.myloretobay.com.

We hit the fish report that Sierra and Dorado were going wild just north of town near San Bruno, thanks to Bill Doyle for that info.

We rapped with the different classifieds that are up on the Nopolo News Website right now! I cann’t express enough to you all to write in a comment on the blogs and if you have stuff or want stuff let us know.

The second podcast was quite different than the first.  We had 2 guests that texted into the show.  We were up against the last Presidential debate as well as many homeowners getting ready for the Homeowners weekend. But some of the same issues rose up again, COMMUNICATION!?…

This broadcast sounded much more like a radio show than the first podcast, music at the intro and at the end of the show. Both Randy and myself exchanged questions and comments with the live text messages from the guests who did not identify themselves. My co-host Randy Hall is also my producer. He is picking up quite quickly the issues that face the homeowners of Loreto Bay.

The first order of business was a report about Norbert, the Pacific side Hurricane that the mountains helped to slow down and protect our village. It’s eye was logged in as 20 miles south of Nopolo. The water damage that crept into the homes, as Anne Fletcher a homeowners who rode out the storm said, was what kept her busy in her home. She reported the great work that Property Management did to collect furniture to put inside and put plastic around where it was needed. They were understaffed but she felt did a wonderful job checking all the homes and opening doors and windows, air drying the homes after the storm blew threw!

We again were not joined by anyone from the Loreto Bay Co. Mike Coyle’s secretary emailed me that he was busy for a month and maybe if I contacted Mike Ravenhill he would talk. I sent 2 emails and have yet to have a reply. I am beginning to think that Replay stands for “no reply”! During the first podcast and the text messages and emails I got from homeowners from the North Bay Group,  it was the single largest number one thing that we all agreed on was, NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE LORETO BAY CO.!  It’s the lack of response that’s bothersome, it was agreed last night. If the new regime wanted to shore up the concerns and ease the fears of the Agua Viva people about their community being completed, they should communicate better. If they think they are, its only to themselves! I had a text message from a very worried homeowner that if he paid his money for his house, that money would be used to finish Founders, the Paseo and start the Cortez Club. That’s why he is holding back his payment on his place. I will be sending this to Coyle and Ravenhill.

I talked about the Yoga classes at the Hotel as well as a wine tasting that will be going on at the next 2 homeowners weekends. The date and times will be posted at the Hotel lobby. There will still be all the other fun things going on at the Hotel as well! I’m very sorry we’re mssing the October event but we will be down in Dec. for that HO Weekend.

I also plugged the other pages of the Nopolo News website that the Homeowners are starting to use. The classified section will help folks sell unwanted stuff as well as others that are needing stuff. Check it out for yourself and put something up! Posts will stay up until we are notified that the item is sold or that the want is no longer wanted! I think the classified section will add to the neighborhood and getting things alot easier. Now if we could only have more businesses along the Paseo/Vialidad?

If you have any comments regarding what I/we talk about please post a comment!!! For new topics for discussion, or questions that need answering please email them to me at info@nopolonews.com! Let’s all try to communicate better, this forum will help!

Topic: Mike Coyal has been contacted by email and phone but no response yet?

Okay I had a response and we are still waiting for he or someone who has some answers!
We will have a discussion of the latest in the saga or will we ever get it done!

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It’s time we had a voice!

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