Blog Feed: Bonnie Rain's Blog: Hoping to become a champion to Condo Owners and Other Rights-Deprived Citizens in America!

 How To Transcend A Condo Nightmare. No, really…How?

Published on 2011-07-06 00:00:26

The definition of 'transend' is to rise above; surpass; to be greater than. How does a person rise above a nightmarish condo situation, while having to live there day after day? I can tell you, it isn't easy. > read more

 “Middle Class Lonely”

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

I never knew there was such a thing as being "middle class lonely." > read more

 Examples From My Condo Nightmare

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Does anyone know what happens when you purchase a condo from a 'bad seed' Building Developer/Trustee/Seller? I can tell you that there are a lot of sleepless nights, and many bad dreams. I can also tell you that there is a real possibility of thi > read more

 City of Boston Adding Fuel to the Fire in Scared Condo Owner Situation

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

After two and a half years of living in a condo nightmare—with raw sewage overflows and other issues affecting your property, health and safety—how do you think you might like it if your City treated you as if you were invisible and unimportant? > read more

 City of Boston Response to Forsaken Condo Owner: We Can’t/Won’t Help You

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

I’ve been dealing with serious condo problems for over two and a half years. It has been two and a half years of living in fear that raw sewage and other condo-related plights would harm my pets and me. After trying to handle the situations f > read more

 Laying Down Condo Burdens For A Moment

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

I recently went to my first Unitarian service in search of some peace and community. One of their songs had lyrics about laying down our burdens. As I listened, it felt like I was being given permission to just put aside all of my condo-nightmare > read more

 CONDO MISFORTUNES

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

People may buy condos because they don't want the hassles of maintaining a house and lawn. The myth is that condos allow the painting, roof repairs, snow-plowing and lawn mowing to be someone else’s problem. However, not only do condo owners have > read more

 Condo Purgatory Here On Earth

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

The Merriam-Webster's online dictionary has a secondary entry for Purgatory as "a place or state of temporary suffering or misery." I suspect there is probably another book of word meanings out there that has a picture of Pergatory's suffering souls > read more

 Condo Nightmare…What Would Sandra Bullock Do?

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

The words on the Louisiana flag, Union, Justice and Confidence, kind of got to me, given my current living situation, in which I have been trying to cope with the aftermath of raw sewage overflows, an unscrupulous Developer/Trustee, and ongoing threa > read more

 We Must ALL Be Politicians

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Back in late March 2010, the news reported that a man threatened to kill Congressman Cantor (R-Virginia). That man was quickly arrested. The Congressman is an important person since his job is to help make laws and advocate on behalf of individu > read more

Diagnosis: Condo-itis

Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Condo-itis is a term to describe the sometimes-painful condition of owning a troublesome condo. Whether you're dealing with unscrupulous developers and trustees, negligent realtors, bothersome neighbors, or indifferent local politicians—we know ho > read more