title: Escaping Condo Jail
author:  Sara E. Benson 
description: <div><span>&quot;Written by journalist Don DeBat and Realtor Sara E. Benson, the myth of the carefree, glamorous condo life is painstakingly debunked and replaced with cold hard facts. The authors don&apos;t condemn all condo, cooperative apartment and homeowner associations. They want prospective buyers to get the information they need; owners to know their rights; and board members to know what they&apos;re doing. The book is carefully researched and full of information sorely needed by the one in five Americans that have bought into the lifestyle.&quot; </span></div><div><span>-The New York Times</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div>&quot;For anybody thinking about buying a condo, or even anybody serving on a condo board, or anybody who has any connection to a condo, this is must reading. Thanks a lot for a great book!&quot;</div><div>-&quot;Your Money Matters&quot; WGN TV</div><div><span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>&quot;This is far and away the best book I&apos;ve seen in my years of covering real estate on the subject of condos, co-ops and community associations. Don&apos;t even think about buying into community real estate -- a condominum, a co-op apartment or a PUD -- before reading this book. &quot;Eyes wide open&quot; trumps &quot;eyes wide shut&quot; every time! And speaking of &quot;Trump,&quot; yes, on Pages 134-135 the book discusses the Trump Tower luxury project built on the site of the former Chicago Sun-Times building. The anecdotes DeBat and Benson provide are not only informative -- they&apos;re entertaining in the &quot;Hot Property&quot; sense.&quot;</span></div><div><span>-Huntington News</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>&quot;I am deeply impressed. &quot;Escaping Condo Jail&quot;is a contribution of highest purpose and profound mission. Both of you have broughtto the forefront a level of awareness, which, under the circumstances, cannot be ignored...that must be addressed. I can see this book not only as &quot;required reading&quot; in the universityclassrooms of our U.S.A.--and other countries--but as an instrument for the improvementof peoples&apos; livesall over the world. </span><span>Your vision is admirable. We congratulate you and wethank you for the care you have demonstrated.&quot; </span></div><div><span>-Mary<span>Mikros</span>, Ph.D. </span></div><div><span>Retired award-winning school principal at</span><span>J.C. Orozco Academy,</span><span>Chicago</span></div><div><span>(Letter to the authors)</span></div>
zlib_text: Relentless
  Benson’s Boys Book 2
  Janet Elizabeth Henderson
  
  Chapter 1
   
  Julia Collins had issues. She’d even made a list of them—in order of
  priority, of course. Her OCD tendencies sat in joint first place with her
  pathological shyness. This was closely followed by the paralysis she felt
  when dealing with the opposite sex, then came the way she crumpled in the
  face of authority and, finally, the raging panic that overcame her anytime she
  was out of her comfort zone. In other words, she was absolutely the best
  person to ask for help when you were languishing in a foreign jail.
  “Have you found me a decent lawyer yet?” her grandmother said from
  the other side of the bars.
  Yes.
  Bars.
  “Not yet. I only had time to check into the hotel, leave my bags and
  clean up before I came straight here.” All of which had taken longer than
  she’d anticipated, because she couldn’t speak Spanish and hadn’t realised the
  hotel she’d booked was about a two-hour taxi trip from the prison—although
  she suspected he