generally the older the properties the higher the fees due to the cost of maintenance rising property taxes etc Fees also increase over the years but they should be matched to a well kept property as @Nick Britton said read over all the condo docs and especially the budget paying attention to reserves,expenses etc .I have lived in the Palm Springs area for a number of years and have see condi fees as high as $1000 per month on some of the older properties.If you a re looking at a investment in this area it has a host of problems as you noticed,rising fees is a big one.

The closing agent noticed that the seller’s attorney-in-fact had signed the deed where I, the buyer, should sign.

It has been in modification since 2008 and noticed in paper 5 separate times for forecloser. 

Courthouse, recorder's office, legal notices in the paper.  

If the tenant is month-to-month you can raise the rent with written notice.

Even if you did it yourself with your own groundskeeper, which at 74k a year, absolutely he better be, your salt costs alone will easily be in the several thousand dollars, as well as I noticed there wasnt a landscaping cost present either, which is also a lie.

Paying off my last two collections this week, or early next week, and Im hoping my score will reflect a noticeable increase after that. 

Have you noticed all our meetings are the 3rd Tues now, so we never conflict with yours anymore?

I have a question about a notice from an HOA that I just received on a home purchased at Trustees Auction. 

Note that it didn't decrease its value in "real", it increased in fact.