The most successful association managers realize they don't know everything. To achieve an optimal level of efficiency in the workplace, a manager must stay abreast of current legal developments, evolving building technology, and fresh com…
Category: Association Operations
Mastering Management
Individual commitment to a group effort; that's what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Legendary Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi left community association boards and managers off …
Security vs. Privacy
From time immemorial, the home has been synonymous with warmth, comfort and, most importantly, safety. The boards and managers who oversee community associations are aiming to preserve this image by ensuring that safety is their top priori…
Where There’s Smoke...
One only needs to watch the news regularly to understand the devastation that a fire can have on a home or community whatever the time of year. For instance, a condo association fire in October in Dunellen, New Jersey injured a firefighter…
Neighborhood Watch Groups
All homeowners worry about adequate security, but many HOAs and condo associations overspend on guards, surveillance cameras, and electronic security systems. There are low-tech, more cost-effective solutions for suburban associations, tho…
Staff Management
Association managers know that whether they're running a small, contained walk-up building, a multi-unit high rise, or a sprawling condo development in the suburbs, materials, capital and personnel all fall under their administrative juris…
I Bid You Good Day
It only makes good business sense that if something goes wrong and needs fixing at a condo association or association, the board or manager is going to do some due diligence to choose the correct contractor, and this is normally done by ga…
Fidelity Bond Insurance
Protection against embezzlement, fraud, theft, computer crime, forgery and more are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to crimes at community associations across the United States. During challenging economic times, crime goes up an…
Who's Responsible for Repairs?
Say you’re in bed, and you hear what sounds like the shower going. It's late, and you're tired, so you pay it no mind. You wake up at 4 a.m. to get a glass of water and find half the rooms in your apartment flooded— you forgot to turn the …
To Claim, or Not to Claim?
Individuals, associations and other entities carry insurance coverage to protect them from liability, loss, and other financial and legal threats—that's pretty basic. What isn't always so basic is deciding when to file a claim versus payin…