Thanks. This is very helpful and is along the lines of how i am thinking. The problem i face with my own board members is that they are concerned if I increase the maintenance and assess further it will drive more owners into not paying. I do not know if this is true or not but it makes for a lively debate. The problem is (an I feel bad saying it) there are a number of owners who should not own in our complex because they can not afford to live here. They were able to get by when there were no assessments and the complex was left to fall apart by failing to maintain the place. But now that repairs need to be done, they can not (or at least claim they can not) afford to pay the extra costs