Yvonne: I don't believe that the maintanence bills are being sent out via mail, but if you tell them you are going to be there in 2013 you are immediately sent a bill via email. This was the case with us just recently. Yes, the rates, at least ours, was the same as last year. Still a ridiculous amount!!! We have never paid in advance all the years we have owned. They get it when we see that things are in our unit and working.....then they will get paid. Daune used to tell me that there was a fairly large group of us owners that raised he_ _ if things were not in order in their units. Over the years I have walked in on many episodes of raised voices, to yelling, to screaming at Daune because of the conditions of their units.

ClaudiaInIowa: We received our bill via email. We buy a money order so no cancelled check to see where it's deposited.

Thanks ladies for your responses.