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Information about Merit Property Management - Melinda Masson Merit Property Management - Melinda Masson 25910 Acero 2nd Floor Mission Viejo, California 92691 Phone: (949)465-5555     Fax: (949) 595-2300 Trademember: CACM CAI Rank: No ranking. Summary: • Pro-homeowner lawyer and published writer Melvin Thomas reports that Merit Property spent $35,000. trying to remove him from the board of his HOA President/Head of Company: Melinda Masson. Other Information: In 2003 Merit said they managed 187 community associations of over 75,000 units and are the largest in the states. Homeowner association managers Melinda Masson, Diane Fullerton (bankrupt,and facing bank fraud charges in Federal Court in Orange County, California) and Jan Hickenbottom(she wrote a condo Q & A column in the Los Angeles Times) started CACM with financing from CAI collection and construction defect lawyers. Masson trained her managers to collect fines by applying the dues homeowners sent to pay fines. They could then make homeowners appear to be delinquent in dues and use the non-judicial lien foreclosure laws of California to foreclose on them. Masson worked hard to promoting AB1545, a bill to put assessment liens before the first trust deed. An employee of Masson said that Masson had all the employees come in on a Saturday to write personal letters to legislators pressing for its passage. The employee wrote the letter and instead of mailing it, put destroyed it. She said she hated the practices of Merit and left company to go to law school. Masson also worked the lawmakers for the passage of AB555. She sent in support letters written with letterheads of various homeowner associations. The homeowners in these associations were unaware of this. 2003 Personnel Melinda Masson - President CEO Janine McDonald - VP Brian Mitchell - AVP Terrance-Account Manager Holly Dawson-Propery Manager Frieda Stein-Access Coordinator Matha Marin-Maintenence See comments for more

8. Merit Property Management locations     Merit Property Management, Inc. 25910 Acero 2nd Floor Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Phone: (800) 428-5588 Fax: (949) 595-2300 San Diego 6256 Greenwich Drive #520 San Diego, CA 92122 Phone: 800-527-3914 Fax: 858-535-3838 San Ramon 111 Deerwood Road #200 San Ramon, CA 94583 Phone: (925) 855-3240 x477 Fax: (925) 831-9278 Temecula 27349 Jefferson Avenue, #101 Temecula, CA 92590 Phone: 909-296-2272 Fax: 909-296-2099 Valencia 27002 Edgewater Lane Valencia, CA 91355 Phone: 661-284-7506 Fax: 661-284-6392 Posted Sep 19 2006 1:19PM CEST     Username withheld , California   7. Fighting with David Peters & Merit Property Management to keep me off board during this election.     Persecuted board member fighting Merit Property Management and David Peters. Tried to bring in new managment company to save association thousands, Merit didnt like this, currently fighting with David Peters & Merit Property Management to keep me off board during this election. They are fighting very dirty. Need help! Everything is stacked in board majority's and Merits favor. Update - well they won! Big surprise! As an aside, I am a Realtor here in Temecula and a 19 year resident, and single! Posted Mar 15 2006 8:30PM CET     Username withheld , California   6. 3. It's just too much of a coincidence that Merit was the management company at the time of the possible fraud.     We can't overturn this rigged homeowners association election without an attorney - We are in Temecula, California Cimment 3. It's just too much of a coincidence that Merit was the management company at the time of the possible fraud. Posted Feb 25 2006 8:34PM CET     Username withheld , California   5. August 2001 - Pacific Knolls complaint     Merit Managers and lawyer for Pacific Hill HOA writing letter regarding playhouse Teresa Mitchell Jo Ann Hubbard - asst to Masson Bill Scales - account manager - architectural administrator Kim Murray - Property Admin E. Leslie Martin - PR for Merit (949)831-6013 Lawyer - David E. Cane Posted Oct 18 2003 7:27AM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   4. Merit Property Management sued by Melissa Colburn for foreclosing on her home     Merit Property Management was sued by Melissa Colburn fo the forelosure of her home. Ms. Colburn also sued the association lawyers Peters & Freedman, David Peters and another lawyer Carols Sousa of in Los Angeles. Merit filed suit against Peters & Freedman for indemnification. for more information: :DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT IN MELISSA COLBURN CASE - Law Firm of Peters and Freedman Requests Settlement LEGAL TROUBLES MOUNT FOR SAN DIEGO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION LAW FIRM - Judge allows RICO allegations to proceed in law suit against Peters & Freedman Posted Jul 24 2003 12:27AM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   3. Merit Property Management     Complaints from a Summerwind homeowner in 2000 - Anaheim Association withdraws $964.66 from homeowner's bank account using $124.66 dues check homeowner sent Merit Property Management Were Summerwind CCR's illegally changed to strip homeowners rights? Board admits overbilling homeowner - homeowners losing thousands to the lawyers Coming! CAI lawyer Bradley Walker fomerly with Fiore, Nordberg, Walker, Woolf Willis hired for Summerwind by Merrit Property Management Coming! Homeowner accounting information request channeled to lawyer by Merit Property Management Watch this site for listing of legal bills Posted Jul 20 2003 11:33AM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   2. Merit Property Management     2003 Personnel Melinda Masson - President CEO Janine McDonald - VP Brian Mitchell - AVP Terrance-Account Manager Holly Dawson-Propery Manager Frieda Stein-Access Coordinator Matha Marin-Maintenence Posted Feb 3 2003 11:31PM CET     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   1. Merit Property Management     Melvin Thomas, attorney in a homeowners association in Laguna Niguel reported that Merit spent $35,000 in an attempt to keep him off the board. Summerwind HOA in Santa Ana reported that a homeowner 's bank account was charged in excess of what he wrote. The amount drawn matched what Merit was billing him. Amother homeowner spent years and thousands fingting on accounting errors and foreclosure threats. Posted Feb 3 2003 11:27PM CET     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California

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