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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"t","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Craig,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"t","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"t","serif";color:#1F497D'>I do not see any problems with waiving the lien in this situation. We have done it before, in fact not even requiring the new owner to occupy the unit, just requiring the owner to remove the tenant and sell. In our case, the lien was only $5,000, but this was twenty years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"t","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Jim Strichartz <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:39.25pt'><td width=393 valign=top style='width:294.45pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt;height:39.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jim Strichartz</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Fellow, College of Community Association Lawyers<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=299 valign=top style='width:224.3pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt 5.75pt;height:39.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:9.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Law Offices of James L. 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I would appreciate the collective thought on a housing question. I may be over thinking this but I am concerned about fair housing issues or whatever else could be brought to bear. The condo association has had significant issues with one Unit and its tenant. As a result the association has a 12,000 lien against the Unit. Unit is for sale and the Association is willing to waive the lien and forgive the debt if the Unit is sold for owner occupancy only. This will not be a permanent restriction, just at the time of sale. Any issues that you can see with the association offering to waive a lien in exchange for a warranty that the unit being owner occupied? 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