Sounds like the assessment is an on-going expense...

When you take title to real property at a Trustee's sale you step back in time and acquire the priority of the foreclosing lien when it originally recorded.

Since the 1st lien holder was just a lender...not an owner of the property they weren't liable for any HOA assessment. But when you took ownership of the condo unit at the bank's Trustee's sale you became the owner of the property at that time, and hence in that role, you are liable for any on-going assessment from that time forward.

So you figure your proportionate share of the special assessment from the time you bought the property...not before.

Hope this helps,

--------------------------Ward

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