HOA News, Advice, and Tips
So your house is on the market and you’re ready to make a dynamic first impression on potential buyers. Besides ensuring that your house looks and feels inviting, making sure it smells pleasant can help generate interest during showings. While traditional wisdom suggests that freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies will add a homey and enticing scent […]
Continue ReadingFollowing up on last week’s post How to Evaluate Your Management Situation – Part 1, here is a chart that compares the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of management for your Community Association. The 3 most popular methods of management – Volunteer/Self-Management, Association-Employed Manager, and Management Company – are compared to each other according to […]
Continue ReadingWHO SHOULD BE ON THE BOARD? The board should be composed of a diverse group of individuals who are interested in working toward the organization’s mission and have the particular skills that will help to contribute to a well-run organization. For instance, you may want to seek out people with financial, marketing, or legal backgrounds. […]
Continue ReadingLike almost every community in the country, community associations are feeling the pinch in the housing market. We’d like to dispel a few common misconceptions about what contributes to the rise and fall of property values. Misconception #1: Assessments are too high False. Actually, assessments have nothing to do with property values, and high assessments […]
Continue ReadingIf you own a home and are a member of a homeowner’s association, there are things you may have to do before you can sell your home or relocate. All too often, people rush into buying homes that have homeowner’s associations. Without being careful, you could be in for some unpleasant surprises when the time […]
Continue ReadingIn this busy “budget time” of year, when so many associations (those with a 12/31 Fiscal Year End) are working on their budgets, it is a good time to remind my readers why Reserve contributions are important. And it’s not just me. A prominent Southern California attorney, Mr. Robert DeNichilo, just wrote a nice summary […]
Continue ReadingAt a time when a significant number of Floridians are still struggling to make ends meet, millions of Florida homeowners could be faced with the threat of yet another forced increase in their cost of living. At issue is what some attorneys in Florida want to call the “unlicensed practice of law” by community association […]
Continue ReadingWhat colors make you happy? Which ones help you relax after a busy day? The colors you choose to decorate with really do influence your emotions. To stimulate conversation when guests visit, for example, choose active colors such as red, yellow and orange, which inspire camaraderie and an upbeat attitude. Colors play off your mood […]
Continue ReadingThe central event in the business operation of any community is the meeting of the board of directors. Whether the board meets monthly, quarterly or somewhere in between, this is where all of the work of the many volunteers and professionals involved in the operation of the community is weighed and the decisions made that […]
Continue ReadingThe leaves are changing, the air is getting cooler and the holidays are just around the corner. Here are some great fall maintenance tips for communities and homeowners in preparation for the winter months. Many of these items fall to the homeowner in single family home communities; however, the association is responsible for many of these fall and winter […]
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