How We Got Here
A factual timeline of Bocar's financial management — from decade of stability to crisis in under a year.
Decade of Balanced Budgets and Accountability
Under a consistent board (with Iván M. Bou serving 15 years, including as president), Bocar maintained balanced budgets every year, monthly financial statements, annual independent audits, and competitive bidding on all major contracts. Budgets grew modestly from ~$1.34M to $1.80M (averaging 3–4% annually) while absorbing Florida insurance increases.
✓ Balanced budgets every year$2+ Million in Community Investments
Community paving ($222K, competitively bid), security system upgrade (saving ~$30K/yr), cable/internet RFP, pool improvements, and a $1.2M renovation approved by membership vote (57 votes). All 14 buildings painted, breezeway tiles replaced, pool deck resurfaced, LED lighting installed. Reserve balance held at $274K+ through 2023. All contracts competitively bid, all projects completed on time.
✓ $1.2M renovation — membership approved, on budget27 Documented Financial Reports, Annual Audits
Monthly financial statements distributed to all board members. Annual audits by Feldman, Feldman & Baratz, P.A. Reserve funding vote drew 99 unit owners — extraordinary member engagement. All records maintained and accessible.
✓ 99 owners voted on reserve fundingNew President Takes Over — Changes Begin Immediately
Kevin Johnson assumes the presidency and makes himself sole signer of checks — violating all proper financial controls. Existing property management terminated. Independent legal counsel replaced. Johnson takes on three simultaneous paid roles: Board President, Property Manager (through his unlicensed company Access Point), and Insurance Broker. Employees of his company are placed on the association payroll. Other board members are driven out through a pattern of impassively talking over concerns, ignoring objections, and misrepresenting facts. A property management contract (~$150K/yr) is executed without evidence of competing bids, board approval, or required LCAM licensure.
⚠ Sole check signer · Three paid roles · No competing bidsDBPR Complaint Filed — Objections Raised
DBPR complaint filed in April 📎 source citing licensure, conflicts of interest, and lack of documentation. Budget adopted at $1,863,079 (3.3% increase over 2024) — but actual spending would reach $2,064,970 (10.8% over budget) by year-end. Written objections raised by owners regarding governance procedures.
⚠ DBPR complaint filed · Objections raisedReserve Contributions Stop, Financial Reporting Gaps
Reserve fund contributions stopped after April ($37,170 of $111,510 funded — only 33%). Financial statements published sporadically. Accounts payable climb to ~$116K. Labor costs escalate from ~$9K/mo to $25K/mo after management transition. Despite this, Iván M. Bou continued volunteering — fixing EV chargers, researching cost-saving technologies, providing landscaping guidance, and sharing financial analysis. Texts show Johnson thanking him: "You are a good man" and "Thank you for everything."
⚠ Reserves stopped · Labor costs 2.7× higherFinancial Reporting Ceases — Last Reliable Statement Was April
The last reliable financial statement was produced in April 2025. An August 2025 statement was issued but was full of errors and inaccuracies. From this point forward, no financial statements are distributed to the board or owners. Undocumented expenses begin accumulating at ~$39,038/month. Cash is being spent without documentation, transparency, or board oversight.
⚠ Financial reporting ceases · August statement full of errorsVendor Payments Stop — Obligations Accumulate at $71K/Month
Vendor payments are stopped. Only essential costs continue (utilities, labor, loan auto-drafts). Landscaping, pest control, repairs, fire/security monitoring, and insurance premiums go unpaid. $70,904/month in obligations begin accumulating. Formal records request served by legal counsel via certified mail on November 3, 2025 under Florida Statute 718.111(12). The statutory deadline to respond was November 18 — the association did not respond until December 1 (13 days late), and then rejected the request entirely in violation of the statute. The bank balance appears stable — but only because vendors aren't being paid.
⚠ $70,904/month unpaid · Records request rejectedUnauthorized Contract Attempt Blocked & Election Cancelled
Kevin Johnson attempted to amend the Blue Stream cable contract without board approval — a change that would have increased association costs by approximately $50,000 annually, well above the $5,000 threshold requiring a board vote under Florida statute. The amendment did not proceed after board members, upon inquiry from Iván M. Bou — who had connections to the company's executives — demanded documentation of the underlying board vote. Johnson could not produce minutes because no vote had ever occurred. The amendment was stopped, saving the association from a significant and unauthorized additional expense. Separately, a scheduled board election was cancelled due to procedural defects, denying owners their right to vote. These events occurred immediately before the state's referral for legal action.
⚠ Unauthorized contract attempt blocked · Election cancelledDBPR Refers Case to General Counsel for Legal Action
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) refers Case No. 2025004495 to its General Counsel 📎 source for potential legal action against the association. Kevin Johnson resigns as president. New interim board members step in to manage the transition.
⚠ State refers case to legal · President resignsEstimated $306,356 Net Gap — Special Assessment Likely Required
No reliable financial statement since April 2025. Based on our analysis: an estimated $273,263 in undocumented expenses 📎 source. Estimated unpaid vendors: $354,520 (5 months). Unfunded reserves: $120,805 (11 months). Operating cash estimated at $168,969 against $475,325 in obligations. The 2025 budget itself ended in an estimated ($167,625) deficit 📎 source. Based on these estimates, the deficit will likely require a special assessment in the range of $1,563 to $3,574 per unit depending on the scenario.
⚠ Estimated special assessment: $1,563–$3,574 per unitEntirely Unelected Board — No Transparency — No Accountability
Board member Deborah Schwartz resigns. Rather than scheduling the long-overdue election, the board appoints Andrew Green — an associate attorney at John Pierce Law, P.C., a firm whose lead attorney John Pierce is nationally known for representing more January 6 Capitol riot defendants than any other lawyer, including members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Pierce previously represented Kyle Rittenhouse before being fired over financial disputes, mysteriously disappeared from multiple court hearings leaving clients without counsel, and his unlicensed substitute was facing felony charges in Pennsylvania. This is the professional association of the individual the board chose to appoint — without a vote from the community.
No member of the current board has been elected by the owners of this community. Every sitting board member was appointed. Despite this, they have refused to schedule an election, denying 196 unit owners any voice in their own governance. The board operates with no mandate from the community it claims to represent.
The DBPR now has five complaints on file against this association since 2024 — two received in legal (Cases 2025004495 and 2026012867), one assigned to an investigator (Case 2026026207 📎 source, filed for records access violations under FL Statute 718.111(12)), and two previously closed for "Lack of Documentation" — itself a symptom of the crisis, since the association withholds the very records needed to support complaints. A formal letter 📎 source has been sent to the General Counsel requesting expedited review and consolidated action. A state senator's office is now actively working to get answers from the DBPR on behalf of the community.
The community's tennis court is now closed after a project to resurface and change its functional use was initiated without required city permits and without sufficient funds in association accounts. The project sits half-finished, and because the change in functional use was done illegally, the city may ultimately require the work to be torn down — wasting association funds the community cannot afford to lose.
Despite having had months to settle in, this entirely unelected board and its new property management company have provided no clarity or resolution on any of the outstanding issues — the financial gap, the unpaid vendors, the unfunded reserves, the tennis court, or the DBPR cases. Owners who ask basic questions are refused meaningful answers. This board has not provided a plan or full answers to any of this. After more than enough time to assess the situation and communicate a plan, the community remains in the dark while the association's credit collapses and vendors send debts to collection agencies.
⚠ Entirely unelected board · No plan · No answers · No accountabilityExperian Confirms Crisis — Score 6/100, Vendors in Collections
An Experian business credit report 📎 source independently confirms the financial crisis. Bocar receives a Business Credit Score of 6 out of 100 — placing it in the bottom 5% of all businesses nationally. The Financial Stability Risk Rating is 5 out of 5 (worst possible), indicating a 35.27% chance of payment default or bankruptcy within 12 months.
The report reveals two active collection accounts totaling $54,129 with Altus Receivables Management — $45,322 filed in April 2026 and $8,807 filed in May 2026. $0 has been collected. Vendors have given up trying to get paid directly and are sending debts to a collection agency. Seven credit inquiries in nine months show additional vendors and creditors are checking the association's credit — a sign they too are concerned about getting paid.
This is no longer based on estimates or analysis of limited data. An independent national credit bureau has independently confirmed that Bocar Condominium Association is in severe financial distress. The state senator's office is now involved, attempting to get answers from the DBPR on the pending complaints.
⚠ Credit score 6/100 · $54K in collections · Bottom 5% nationallyBoard Admits $200K+ in Unpaid Vendors — Has No Records — No Plan
At the board meeting where the election was finally announced for September 16, 2026, the board made several extraordinary admissions. The board confirmed over $200,000 in unpaid vendor obligations — even by their own conservative count. For context, Iván M. Bou's independent analysis from April estimated the actual figure at $354,000. The board's admission of $200K+ confirms the crisis exists; the gap between their number and the analysis raises additional questions about what else may be undisclosed.
Perhaps most alarming: the board admitted it has no financial records — including no records of whether individual owners are current on their assessment payments. The association literally cannot verify its own income. Despite all of this, the board has refused to authorize a special assessment, an investigation, or a forensic audit of the Access Point era, and has presented no plan of any kind to address the financial deficiencies. No reserves have been deposited since April 2025 — now over 15 months. The association's credit is destroyed. Loans cannot be refinanced. And the board's response is to do nothing.
The root cause of this crisis is now clear: Access Point, Kevin Johnson's property management company, was hired by Johnson himself while he served as board president — despite being unlicensed to manage a condominium association — and charged higher-than-market fees. Access Point's mismanagement created the financial chaos the community now faces. The board terminated the Access Point contract earlier this year, but the damage — unpaid vendors, empty reserves, collapsed credit, missing records — was already done.
⚠ Board admits $200K+ unpaid · No records · No plan · Election Sept 16● 2015–2024 Track Record 📎
- Balanced budgets every year
- Monthly financial statements distributed
- Annual independent audits
- All contracts competitively bid
- $2M+ in community improvements
- Reserve fund maintained at $274K+
- Full state compliance
- 99 owners participated in reserve vote
● 2025–2026 Under Current Leadership 📎
- Board admits $200K+ in unpaid vendors — analysis shows $354K
- Experian credit score: 6/100 — bottom 5% nationally
- 35% chance of default/bankruptcy within 12 months
- Board admits NO financial records — can't verify owner payments
- No reliable financial statement since April 2025
- No reserves deposited since April 2025 (15+ months)
- $54,129 in active collections — $0 collected
- Cannot refinance loans due to destroyed credit
- Access Point (unlicensed) hired without competing bids
- No special assessment, investigation, or audit authorized
- No plan to remediate any deficiency
- Five DBPR complaints — state senator's office involved
- Entirely unelected board — all members appointed
- Tennis court closed — unpermitted, half-finished