Currently working with Mr. Tankel to resolve dispute with past due HOA fee's he has one approach and that is to foreclose, this is often not in the best interest of the association as it nullifies what we tried to accomplish in the first place , this often leaves our properties vacant and not maintai...ned,as a client have tried to reach Mr, Tankel on numerous occasions to discuss this situation,extremely disappointed with his services would not use again.

There seems to be no middle ground regarding Mr. Tankel. He is a creative, out of the box thinker, which the bar apparently doesn't like. He is the ONLY association lawyer who has challenged bogus foreclosures and even has set several aside with co-counsel at NO CHARGE, so the case got dismissed. Thi...s allowed the owner to pay our association or face our foreclosure. He is the only lawyer I know who advances all fees and costs and only bills at the end of the case. In over 90% of our cases we have never seen a bill, only checks, which makes our CAM that much happier, no legal expenses, no legal income to track. He and his team work hard to get results for us. He and his team also handle general counsel, amendments rule enforcement, etc. We have been very happy with his work over the 20+ years we have used him.

He handles our condominium association collections and foreclosure proceedings and his best advice is to Foreclose. We have him on tape making this statement. Bad advice! Let me explain, while foreclosing may give possession of the property it is still subject to the mortgage that the association m...ust carry. Yes, you may be able to sell the property subject to a mortgage for pennies on the dollar but ultimately selling the property at that discounted value will reduce the value of the remaining units within the condominium property. He also fails to mention that foreclosing in a down market is probably the worst thing you can do from a financial well being of the association. The association can only recoup up to 6 months worth of association fees as part of the foreclosure. You will probably not recuperate all of the funds. If you are foreclosure and collections attorney you would think of the financial impact of your advice to your client!