Money For Nothin' and the Chunks for Free

Allow me to introduce you to Anara Feal, perhaps the youngest former corporate president of a real estate company in Florda.

The following document seems to refer to Ms. Feal as "the daughter of the owner of the new management company."

That cannot be certain, for Anara Feal was named as the president of

FPMG REAL ESTATE DIVISION, INC  Principals

President, Director FEAL ANARA
Address 5881 NW 151 ST # 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014

Treasurer, Director BRIEL GERARDO
Address 5881 NW 151 ST #206, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014 

Registered Agent
Agent Name: LAW OFFICE OF RAMON J DIEGO PA (c)
Registered Agent Address: 5001 SW 74TH COURT, MIAMI, FL, 33155 

Description:
FPMG REAL ESTATE DIVISION, INC has been set up 10/13/2015 in state FL. The current status of the business is Active. The FPMG REAL ESTATE DIVISION, INC principal adress is 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, 33014. Meanwhile you can send your letters to 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014. The company`s registered agent is LAW OFFICE OF RAMON J DIEGO PA 5001 SW 74TH COURT, MIAMI, FL, 33155. The company`s management are President, Director - FEAL ANARA, Treasurer, Director - BRIEL GERARDO. The last significant event in the company history is AMENDMENT which is dated by 10/21/2015. This decision is take in action on unknown. 

But Anara Feal is also a principle in Blue Star Property Management, LLC.

BLUE STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC
Company number L15000193801
Status: Active
Company Type: Florida Limited Liability
Home State FL
Date Of Incorporation 11/10/2015

Principal Address 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, 33014

BLUE STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC Principals
M, G, R FEAL ANARA
Address 5881 NW 151 ST # 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014

Registered Agent
Agent Name FEAL ANARA (p)
Registered Agent Address 5881 NW 151 ST, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014 

BLUE STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC has been set up 11/10/2015 in state FL. The current status of the business is Active. The BLUE STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC principal adress is 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, 33014. Meanwhile you can send your letters to 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014. The company`s registered agent is FEAL ANARA 5881 NW 151 ST, MIAMI LAKES, FL, 33014. The company`s management are M, G, R - FEAL ANARA

Since January 2016 there have been changes in Blue Star:

Registered Agent Name & Address
Martin, Lliliam 5881 NW 151 ST, 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014
Name Changed: 04/25/2016

Now look at the information on Florida Property Management Group:

FLORIDA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Filing Information
Document Number: P03000063898
FEI/EIN Number: 56-2367880
Date Filed: 06/10/2003
Effective Date: 06/06/2003
State: FL
Status: ACTIVE
Last Event: REINSTATEMENT - Event Date Filed: 10/27/2010

Principal Address: 5881 NW 151 ST, # 206, MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014
Changed: 04/26/2016

Registered Agent Name & Address
BRIEL, DAVID
5811 NW 151 ST, SUITE #206, MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014
Address Changed: 04/26/2016

Officer/Director Detail
Name & Address
Title P: BRIEL, DAVID - 5881 NW 151 ST # 206 MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014
Title T: BRIEL, GERARDO - 5881 NW 151 ST # 206 MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014

Now we can look at an invoice from Blue Star Property Management, LLC to homeowners in Devon-Aire Villas #3 Homeowners Association:

The problem with that invoice, sent three times to all homeowners, is that no one was informed that Blue Star Property Management, LLC has a right to collect annual dues! We can see that the Briels have a shell game going on. There may and may not be a legal contract with FPMG for Devon-Aire #3. That would give FPMG and only FPMG a limited right to collect and manage annual HOA dues, which total just over $106,000 per year. However, along with that opportunity to collect HOA funds is the fiduciary and legal responsibility to account for every penny collected. This is where the shell game begins. Aside from the fact that no homeowner has an obligation to pay Blue Star a dime, Blue Star has limited liability under normal incorporation circumstances. By normal is meant a presumption that Blue Star was not set up specifically for purposes of deception, as a "shell" under which to hide HOA funds and accountability. Yet, all things considered, especially the present ongoing refusal by FPMG to account for a single dollar of Devon-Aire Villas #3 HOA funds, that's exactly what Blue Star appears to be!

The details become obscured by even more murkiness.

On December 10, 2015, some homeowners were begrudgingly invited to look at documents in FPMG offices. They had put in a request, twice, in writing, and were given an appointed time to access files. They brought along an individual to assist in making photocopies. Yet, contrary to Florida Statutes, that third person was refused, and no one was allowed to take electronic images of the documents. Of course that refusal stands in contradiction to Florida Statutes, but staff at FPMG could not care less about following the law. Yet FPMG went further, and sought to punish the third person involved. Accusations flew, and a complaint was filed regarding illicit practice of law. FPMG actually went so far as to persistently pursue punitive measures. The following excerpt from an affidavit from Ramon J. Diego demonstrates how murky the cesspool becomes.

The pertinent statement is:

"My name is Ramon J. Diego. I represent Devon-Aire Villas No. 3 Homeowners Association Inc. as their attorney." 

Diego claims to represent the HOA! As the registered agent for FPMG, he can't possibly be representing the interests of the HOA!

If Diego were representing Devon-Aire Villas #3, he would be demanding that FPMG produce the requested financial records. He does the opposite, defending a petty excuse used by FPMG to withhold those documents.

And by the way, a reminder that FPMG advertises on its website that it produces monthly financial statements and provides these to every homeowner, although no one has seen one as long as FPMG has taken Devon-Aire #3 money.

And, if Diego was ever indeed representing the HOA, he would have been paid a retainer in HOA funds. Is this the case? Does he have a contract with the HOA?

to be continued . . . for an explanation of "chunks for free."

How Dare You ask us to account for Your Money!!!???

The Audacity!

The way those people are carrying on you'd think that it really matters how their money was spent, and who benefitted!

Don't they know it's Politically Incorrect to demand accountability? Feelings have been hurt! They will be sued, using their own money to pay legal fees, of course!

Haven't they even heard what Hillary Clinton says to hard questions on accountability? The answer has to be: "what difference does it make?"

So it is with Florida Property Management Group (FPMG). What difference does it make what FPMG has done with funds from Devon-Aire Villas #3 Homeowners Association, "the HOA?"

The law has no teeth; it is a paper tiger, so they say.

Ask anyone who works for the Florida Department of  Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). They can't or won't do a thing to stop HOA and Condo Association abuses. Corrupt property management companies in Florida bank on this; they take your money, spend that as they please, keep a portion for themselves and expect no consequences to sting them.

So, what difference does it make that a pair of pesky women ask for documentation from FPMG? Maybe FPMG has no records to give? Maybe FPMG won't allow access to records they do have? Nevertheless, FPMG intends to sue a pair of pesky women from Devon-Aire Villas #3 HOA, using HOA funds, for bothering to ask questions and for demanding access to documents in accordance with Florida Statutes.

And they are threatened, for a third time, with a lawsuit for writing this blog, which they do not write!

President Reagan said, "Take down that wall!" And it came down. FPMG says, "Take down that blog!" But this blog won't come down unless FPMG turns over all requested records for Devon-Aire Villas #3, and those records show that FPMG hasn't broken laws.

The not-so-funny thing is that FPMG seems to believe that a pair of pesky homeowners in the HOA are producing this blog. That assumption is wrong, as this writer has stated here before. Actually, this blog represents every homeowner in the HOA community who has signed a recall petition to have the HOA board removed. That is well over one hundred persons, and because the success of this mission will benefit every owner in Devon-Aire Villas #3, we also represent more than 250 owners.

Every property owner in the HOA community deserves to know where his or her money has been spent. They deserve to know who has a contract with the HOA, and for what services. They deserve to know whether or not those contracts and subcontracts were competitive, and whether or not contracts or subcontracts are let to benefit friends and family of people at FPMG or the Board of Directors. As in the earlier post, as a analogy, every homeowner has a right to now how much lunch their lunch money will buy before and after they turn it over to their classroom warden, a.k.a. "teacher."

As far as that paper tiger at Florida's DBPR goes, this writer once worked for the State of Florida in another department. There were limits to our authority. Yet, on several occasions one "rubbed elbows" with persons in law enforcement. Those professionals were very interested in information that indicated a probable instance of "fraud, waste or abuse," or more specifically financial corruption. We were urged to share information in the event a criminal case could be made. Staff at DBPR has that option; to pass forward information about ongoing probable corruption is to serve public interests.