Advising people how to do illegal activities that harm the personal or property rights of others is outrageous.

You are correct that if it is left undisturbed there is no harmful effect,  where the issues occur is when removing them or if the are broken and the dust gets into the air. 

God knows where she'd have been otherwise - probably with me, which would have been interesting considering I was out of work most of her 98th year.Unions aren't the ones harming this country or its work force.

The auditor is usually looking for the form to also match the substance of what your'e claiming.So possible but not recommended and even then you've got to have a helpful CPA at this point.

In all fairness, you offered cozy, it is convenient for you, you suffer no harm and furthermore you may want to adjust your late policy to say a cozy deposit by the 1st is considered on time even if it takes 5 days for you to receive it.

@Leeor Neh I guess my broader question would be what is the purpose of you putting your name on the deed of the property when it sounds like in substance/economically it is your parent's investment?

* Is there a negative employment/demographic/crime trend in this area that is harming occupancy and would make turnaround difficult?

Hey Marie,I agree with you that disclosures in general are poorly constructed; just to clarify the exact wording of the disclosure for this issue:"Are there now or have there ever been any underground tanks or toxic or hazardous substances such as asbestos, urea- formaldehyde, methane gas, radioactive material, radon, mold, benzene or other environmental contaminants on or in the property?"

If they can't take your offer, they'll tell you, no harm done.

I truly believe that HOA boards are generally well-intentioned but often the wanna-be dictators do far more harm than good in the long-run!