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I represented a homeowners association located in a *very* *wealthy* area. There were horse trails throughout the HOA properties. Several of the homes had “backyards” large enough to stable horses. Equestrian Events was a letter sport at the local high school.The HOA was sued by a homeowner because the horse trail ran through the middle of what appeared to be their backyard. Their main complaint was that there were no rails to delineate the horse trail. The homeowners claimed that they had no actual knowledge of any horse trail near their property when they purchased the property. There were several problems with their claim. Any casual inspection of their property would reveal the existence of the trail. Horses were a common sight on the trail and some would pass by every 15 minutes or so. Although their property didn’t have rails along the trail, both their neighbor’s properties did and the run of the trail was visible through all three properties. The homeowners Brochure provided to them before their purchase showed a trail map, including their house’s proximity to the trail. The trail was a “selling point” in the brochure. It wasn’t hidden or kept out of sight.The HOA agreed to relocate the trail to the very back of their property if the neighboring property owners would also agree to moving the trail back to the back edge of the property lines. All three had to agree to be able to make a gradual bend in the trail instead of a couple of sharp right turns. Any sharp bends on the trial would be unsafe for the riders.The Homeowner/plaintffs rejected that offer in any event. They wanted the horse trail pushed all the way back so that it would be off their property and entirely on the property of their neighbors that abutted the rear of their property.Now, here’s the key part. The applicable law is absolutely not in dispute. Any property purchaser has conclusive knowledge of any easements on the property and CCRs, if the easements and CCRs are recorded at the county courthouse. The exact location of the horse trail was set out in an easement and also in the CCRs. The homeowners also had received a title report listing the horse trial as an easement to their property. The homeowners agreed they had received a copy of the title report and signed for the CCRs but “hadn’t read them.”The homeowner plaintiffs’ lawsuit demanded that the HOA terminate the horsetrail at the edge of their property and re-route the trail onto the property of the landowner living behind them.There was no authority for a court to simply terminate a recorded easement. There is no authority at all to burden another property with an involuntary easement. Moreover, the HOA was the wrong defendant because it had not power to move the horsetrail on property it didn’t own. The only proper defendants were every other property owner along the horse trail. (Dozens of them) Many of these property owners are so famous that they are household names (Think famous movies stars and professional athlete). There is no authority for a court to impose a horse trail easement onto the land of the abutting neighbor. The law presumed that the homeowner had knowledge before the purchase. The homeowner had actual notice that horses walked through their backyard by observation and the deposit of horse droppings. The homeowner refused all offers of mediation, rejected all explanations of the facts or the law and demanded trial.The judge was very puzzled to learn of the case and, after reading the pre-trial briefs, asked me if I thought the court had the power to grant any of the plaintiffs’ demands for relief. I told the court that I was very reluctant to tell a court that it did not have the power, but it was true in this case. Assuming that plaintiffs proved every single element of their case and established that they had no actual or constructive legal notice of the horsetrail, there was nothing the court could do about that. The judge informed the plaintiffs that he saw no chance of them winning and postponed the trial one week for us to engage in settlement discussions. The plaintiffs responded by firing their lawyer and hiring a well known real estate firm. That firm promptly filed a series of motions attempting to re-open the case, re-open discovery and a request for a belated motion for summary judgment. This motion activity postponed the trial another two months. We believed the well known real estate firm was totally bluffing and relying on their reputation. This firm finally withdrew after all their motions were denied. Another renowned real estate firm replaced them. That firm wanted to negotiate a settlement but none of their offers — move the easement a couple of blocks over or terminate it entirely — were permitted legally and impossible to accomplish. Finally, they dismissed the complaint.And then we filed our the motion for attorneys fees: $120,000 in attorneys fees were awarded to the HOA and against the homeowners. They had simply decided that they were rich enough to hire the resources to make other people bend to their will, even in the complete absence of factual and legal support. They later sued their first lawyer for legal malpractice — and lost — because no matter how badly he had mishandled their case, they were never going to win anyway.

Yes you can. If you are PMP certified and need PDUs to maintain your certification, then you are *required* to have at least 8 PDUs in each of the the Technical, Leadership, and Strategic/Business legs of the “PDU Talent Triangle” The Strategic/Business Management leg explicitly permits training that is “Business Models”, or “Industry knowledge and standards” or “Operations functions” and others.At your CCRS dashboard on PMI.org, go to “Report PDUs,” then select “Course or Training” You will report the provider name and class name and a description of the course, start and end date, URL for course information (if applicable) and contact person information. Then put the hours in as “Strategic” on the talent triangle. You should hold on to your certificate of completion and you should do a write up of a couple of paragraphs or more of what you learned with date and other relevant info to keep in case PMI asks about it. That can be easily stored on your one drive or google docs account as a reference/recall in case anybody asks questions later.By the way, don’t forget to ask the training provider directly if their course offers PDUs, you may be pleasantly surprised that the provider is already a PMI REP and can issue a certificate showing PDUs and the talent triangle breakdown. If the instructor isn’t sure, ask him to query his company to be sure.Many courses, even soft skill courses like leadership, communication, negotiation, and public speaking may be offered by organizations which are also PMI REPs and can give you a certificate showing PDUs. And if they aren’t an REP, the soft skill course may qualify for PDUs under the “Leadership” leg of the talent triangle. It doesn’t hurt to submit it under the CCRS dashboard and allow PMI to evaluate your claim.I hope that helps.See:PMI: Certification FAQshttp://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/pdf/certifications/talent-triangle-flyer.pdf?la=en

“Near” your property is not a trespass. It doesn;t matter how “near.”“On” your property needs a little more development, especially when you included “near” in your question. You can certainly request the HOA take action to discourage people taking shortcuts over your property. My HOA had taken similar complaints and took effective action to solve the problem. You should carefully consult the CCRs to determine what rights and obligations the HOA has and that you have to enforce any applicable rules regarding property trespass issues and mitigation measures sucha s plantings and fencing. You can potentially sue an individual offender for trespass and get an injunction against further trespass. That will discourage others, I suspect.