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Are you looking for Condo Association Management to help you through difficult times? Difficulties have set in for Condo Associations, and have underscored the need for Professional Condo Association Management. The decline in the Real Estate Market has created problems for condominium associations and homeowner’s associations. As owners and investors have lost their homes to their lenders […]
Continue ReadingThe Community Association is established for the purpose of maintaining the common areas, recreation facilities and, in some cases, the exterior maintenance of each home. This “Purpose” or “Charter” is intended for the general use, benefit and welfare of the owners. The primary goal should be the enhancement of the community’s property values. While it […]
Continue ReadingImagine waking up every morning on Main Street USA in Disneyland. For some kids that would be the ultimate dream to live right there in the “happiest place on earth.” As adults, we know that’s not a practical choice for living arrangements. However, that doesn’t mean that a community specifically designed for an active resort lifestyle […]
Continue ReadingIn general, the lobbyists gets a bad reputation as being the purveyors of everything that is wrong with politics. The reality is that the vast majority of lobby groups provide strong advocacy for a wide range of personal interest groups. That is certainly the case with the CAI California Legislative Action Committee (or CAI-CLAC), which […]
Continue ReadingBelieve it or not, the Empire State Building in New York City took exactly one year to build from groundbreaking to ribbon cutting. This was back during the Great Depression when it was vitally important to complete a towering project like this to provide hope and inspiration to the entire nation. Today, every city’s skyline […]
Continue ReadingGoing green is not just one of those crazy California trends. Communities and households are rapidly seeing the health, environmental and cost benefits of adopting water reduction and native plant practices. Huntington Landmark, a condo community of 1,238 units that spreads across 160 acre in Huntington Beach, California, has undergone an extensive renovation project that […]
Continue ReadingWe all know that opening a pool for Memorial Day week-end can be one of the most challenging and frustrating tasks a community can go through. Pools can be one of the biggest liabilities an association has, and the selection of a pool management company is probably one of the most important contractors a board […]
Continue ReadingWe have all seen the “trial by fire” training that many volunteer board members receive. They attend their first meeting, receive a large notebook or envelope containing the association’s contracts and documents, and begin to address the current events facing their association. In many of these instances, the amount of information provided is staggering and […]
Continue ReadingThe collection of assessments is central to the viability of any community association as assessment revenue is typically an association’s sole or primary source of income. The operating premise of most associations is that an annual budget is prepared based on the association’s projected expenses for the year, including contributions to a reserve fund, and […]
Continue ReadingBy all accounts the country’s first Master-Planned Community was built in Scottsdale, Arizona. What is the difference between a Master Planned Community and a bunch of homes in the suburbs? The key word is “planned.” With a MPC, there is an effort by developers to create a community that will satisfy all the needs of […]
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