Free webmail or paid for services?
28th April 2012
Free webmail services such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail are pretty much the norm in particular amongst home users but also...
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The history of online website for communities and urbanizations
2nd April 2012
Where did it all start and who was first? Ideas more or less come to many people at the same...
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Have you purchased or about to purchase a new
2nd January 2012
For many foreigners purchasing a property in Spain is an investment, a second property or possibly winter residence. While most...
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Understanding Derivatives: Case Study — Heidi’s Bar
13th November 2011
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit ... She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed...
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Copycat or Original? The future of European IT and the Malaga Valley
8th November 2011
Recently I came across an article by Davor Hebel, http://realdeals.eu.com/blog/the-future-of-european-copycats, in which he argues that there is nothing wrong with...
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Is electronic notification legally acceptable?
21st October 2011
Management of communities of properties (comunidad de propietarios) in Spain and around the world is always a tricky task. There...
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All about Internet connection, speed and prices in Spain
12th October 2011
As Telefonica announces to offer free internet calls throug O2, its UK operation, it amazes me why it has left...
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Wine, a source of inspiration and delight. Was discovered by King Jamshid.
9th October 2011
I read the following remark about wine, in the book of "The teachings of Zoroaster, and the Philosophy of the...
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Recovering unpaid Community charges
3rd October 2011
All property owners in a community are responsible for contributing towards the communal maintenance, up keeping and repairs of their...
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Is it safe or legal to have your community web page on facebook?
30th September 2011
I was inundated with emails this morning about issues with the Data Protection and Privacy policy of our program OCM....
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What is a community of owners? Que es una comunidad de propietarios
30th September 2011
In Spain, a community of owner or (Comunidad de Propietarios) is covered by law in article 396 of the Civil...
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A must book for All presidents: Commonhold Law in Spain
29th September 2011
Just received the book from Felix Jordan a Spanish lawyer has put together one of the best books from facts...
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Reduce your community Electricity Bills
23rd September 2011
In the course of the past 18 months, the price per kw of electricity has gone up over 20%. While...
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Community repairs? Now you can get a mortgage
22nd September 2011
As of the beginning of this summer (1 July 2011), presidents of communities can get a mortgage for their community....
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How to setup a Comunidad de Propietarios (Community of Property Owners).
13th September 2011
The global trend in property as towns grow, has turned many villas or individual houses into apartment blocks of all...
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How to reduce your community fees
11th August 2010
As promised in the last blogs, I will share with you a number of things we have implemented for reducing...
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How does the VAT chage affect your community fees?
6th August 2010
The VAT was increased on the first of July. This has already affected all your bills from day to day...
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Why should you get OCM for your community?
5th August 2010
We are essentially trying to help owners who are in the dark about what’s going on in their community. Charles...
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Calling all presidents
4th August 2010
If you are the president of your community you know how difficult it is to keep everyone happy and all...
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Welcome to the Urbytus Network
23rd July 2007
The Urbytus Network website is an online community site for users to discuss their communities/urbanisations and find usefull information regarding...
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