HB 2503, passed in the 2011 Legislative Session, removes this requirement effective 09/01/2011. * Some banks will not do business with an unregistered foreign entity, despite that BOC § 9.251 states that maintaining a bank account in this state is not, in and of itself, transacting business in Texas."

My understanding is that because of the GFC some local governments have initiated legislation to force HOA's to allow rentals not allowed under bylaws for short periods under specific hardships.

:)No, Dodd Frank and other similar legislation get enacted for the benefit of certain special interest groups who in turn profit from them.

That's pretty vague, I think you are going to have to help us a bit by narrowing it down.DF is a major piece of legislation that has had a significant impact on many areas of real estate investing.  

Footnote: even before the licensing law was fully implemented the Community Association Institute (CAI) had private meetings with leadership in DORA and with several legislators to craft changes to the law: proposed Bill 15-1343.

The business model to develop Community Association Manager (CAM) licensing legislation (and other HOA legislation): 1) legislators consult with the Community Association Institute (CAI)) to craft a Bill aimed at mitigating abusive practices of property managers who are the very folks the CAI represents 2) CAI lobbyist and their CAI “dependable” legislators become Bill sponsors 3) the Bill is assigned to Committees with CAI “dependable” legislators 4) the Bill becomes law with little to no home owner input, full of promoting CAI interests, and heavy on fees and costs and processes imposed on CAMs and 5) the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) implements licensing rules highly reflective of CAI efforts but fail to even contain explicit language for CAMs to obey State law or an HOAs governing laws or for CAMs to report observed violation of the law thus ensuring oversight is empty from the home owner’s perspective.

This has been discussed in fragments other places here, but I thought as the buying season gets going (and I see a slew of <$200K condos hit the market) it would be wise to have a contained chat on what peoples opinions are.Synopsis: There has been legislation in the past that allows HOA's to sue Developers for Construction Defects.  

For those of you with New Hampshire rental property, this is from the legislative liaison for the NHREIA.

First, what a state does or does not mandate as a maximum number to sell manufactured homes derives from legislation and secondary legislation that regulates and restrains the ability to sell manufactured homes.

Legislation, likewise, is constantly being revised.That said, though, yes - learn it first before you try to do it.