Working With Management

5 Tips for Increasing Collaboration Between Managers and Boards

When you work as a manager or board member, you’re expected to do your fair share of collaboration. Keeping tabs…

2 years ago

Cutting Costs: When Using Volunteers Does More Harm Than Good (OH)

With next year’s budgets in preparation, boards may be looking for ways to cut costs and reduce spending. Often, Board’s…

3 years ago

The correct way to change property management companies

When you begin a relationship with a property management company, you always hope that it’s going to be for the…

4 years ago

Board/Manager Relationship

The relationship between a community association board and the association’s management company (and community manager) is absolutely vital to the…

4 years ago

The Role of HOA Management — Hang Up Your Super Suit

Sometimes it seems that homeowners think community association managers have superpowers. They are all-knowing, have x-ray vision, and are able…

4 years ago

5 Signs It’s Time to Change HOA Management Companies

Switching your management company may seem like a lot of work, but the success of your HOA is worth it.…

5 years ago

Time to Call It Quits? When Management Breaks Up With a Client Community

In a New York TImes “Ask Real Estate” letter from last December, a co-op shareholder lamented the sorry state of…

5 years ago

Managers as Trial Witnesses

Community managers frequently ask about their role in a trial. They also want to know how to best prepare and…

5 years ago

Get Involved: How to Handle HOA Micromanagement (FL)

HOAs can provide big benefits to home owners within a close-knit community. But when do the rules go too far,…

5 years ago