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THE NEVADA COOPERATOR —
JANUARY 2019
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COMING UP
IN THE THIS ISSUE OF THE NEVADA COOPERATOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEVADA
THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RESOURCE
THE
COOPERATOR
Addressing Management Problems
By Mike Odenthal
Most of the time, when a problem arises in a multifamily building or community associa-
tion, the go-to solution is to get management on the phone (or text, or email). The refrain
usually goes something like: “Management will take care of it!” “They’ve seen this a million
times!” “What can’t they handle?!”
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7 Non-Resident Board Members
By Mike Odenthal
An individual’s interest in their community association is rarely solely financial.
In most cases, a building or HOA is also that individual’s home. And as such, they’re
motivated to contribute positively to its quality of life, neighborhood congeniality, and
aesthetics – just to name a few factors that make a place somewhere people love to live.
For that reason, most of the people who volunteer to serve on their association
board are full-time residents of said association.
Amending Rules
By Mike Odenthal
Condo and HOA boards are tasked with a great many responsibilities – including
determining and promoting both the day-to-day and longer-term interests
of their residents. That’s a tall order, and it’s largely achieved through the implementation
of rules and regulations designed to serve those interests while prohibiting
activity that could be detrimental to the community.
12 Hygiene in Shared Amenities
By A J Sidransky
One of the biggest perks of modern multifamily living is the all-inclusive, amenity-rich
building or HOA. Depending on your own building’s offerings, you can go to the gym,
swim, have a spa treatment, entertain your kids in the community playroom, or even take
in a movie. When you add in food delivery services, work-from-home arrangements, and
Netflix, you don’t really have to leave the building if you don’t want to.
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Pulse/Calendar/Questions & Answers
It is a given that every community at some point has experienced a problem or two
with its management company. But not to worry: our article features professionals dis-
cussing ways on how communities and management can both address conflicts and
resolve differences. Plus, there are some people who serve on the board but don’t live
in the community on a full-time basis; in turn, that could affect decision making. Our
article looks at the issues associated with that. Finally, bylaws determine how an as-
sociation functions for the betterment of the community; yet there are those moments
when such rules may have to be revised. Our latest story, “Amending Rules,” tackles such
circumstances. Those stories and more are what you’ll discover in this latest edition of
The Nevada Cooperator.