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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Sometimes insurance and the terms that accompany it can feel like a completely foreign language. It can be mystifying and overwhelming, whether for individual condo residents or the board members who oversee the community as a whole. The i…
One of the biggest problems that can cause the downfall of any association is a lack of funds, or more specifically, not enough money to keep operations running smoothly and to make the necessary repairs to keep everything up to par. …