May. 15, 2008 - A Rose By Any Other Name

Sometimes I tend to forget that all real estate is local and that the same thing has different names in different locals.  Also, the same thing might be referred to by different names in different circles.  Therefore when I posed the question "What exactly is a Community Association?" I seem to have caused some confusion.  Let me try to straighten that out.

The term Community Association is probably the most common moniker.  It is the term I use.  It is also the term used by The Community Association Institute and The Florida Bureau of Condominiums.  I am sure it is widely used by others as well.

If you are speaking to someone from The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws you would hear them referring to a Community Association as a Common-Interest Community or CIC for short.

Then there is The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants who likes to refer to a Community Association as a Common Interest Realty Association or CIRA.

Once you get way out west The California Department of Real Estate refers to a Community Association as a Common Interest Development or CID.

Now that I have cleared that up, what do you call a Community Association?

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