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4 Tips to Improve How Your Board Communicates the HOA Budget
Mar 23, 2021Developing the annual budget for your homeowners association (HOA) is one of your board’s most important jobs. It requires hard work and often means making difficult decisions about spending. At times, homeowners may question some of those decisions or even vehemently disagree with them.
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9 Ways to Foster Enhanced Communications on Your Community Board
Mar 04, 2021Your role as a board member involves a lot of communications. Whether it’s speaking with a board member or drafting up and email, you may be looking to learn or refine some communications skills. -
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Connecting with Your Community: Communication Best Practices
Feb 12, 2021Effective communication fosters better relationships among board members, your residents and property management company, and keeps all parties well informed. Here are the 4 components of a successful communication plan that create effective outreach to all members of your community. -
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How to Hire the Best Association Management Company
Jan 11, 2021Whether you have been newly elected to your Board or you have been a Board member for several years, you owe it to your residents to make sure that you are managed by the best association management company. Every condominium association differs in their needs, so you must take the proper time and ask the right questions when hiring an association management company.
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Nine Ways Your HOA Board Can Avoid Conflicts of Interest
Nine Ways to Avoid HOA Board of Directors Conflict of Interest
Jan 08, 2021Having a fiduciary responsibility to your homeowners association means putting the interests of your community first. Even the perception of a HOA board conflicts of interest can put you and your association at risk. Learn the nine things you can do to recognize and avoid potential issues. -
Property Management Transitions: Smooth Staff Changes
Nov 30, 2020When your community considers a new manager, having the right experts on your management team can make for a smooth transition. -
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Demystifying HOA maintenance responsibilities: Learn who is responsible
Nov 18, 2020How well do homeowners in your HOA understand maintenance responsibilities? You might think that responsibilities for maintenance, repairs and replacements would be straightforward enough – what’s inside the condo unit is the homeowner’s, and what’s outside is the HOA’s.
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4 Back To School Tips to Keep Parents Sane and Kids Happy
Oct 05, 2020As a parent, you know what back to school means. It’s more than a change in your schedule -- it’s a change in your whole reality. Rushing out the door. Blasting through the homework. Making second trips back to the house for forgotten lunch boxes, book order money or scarves. -
Smart Financial Planning
Smart Financial Planning
Oct 05, 2020Safeguarding an association’s operating and reserve funds is one of the main fiduciary duties of all board members, not just the treasurer. This means that boards must protect the financial interests of the homeowner association and its members by making sure all funds are properly managed, invested and protected.
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6 Ways to Make Sensible HOA Policies
Aug 31, 2020In a community association, there are necessary rules and policies to allow the sanctity of the board to continue. These HOA rules and procedures help create and maintain order, which keeps the community secure. However, if the rules are too strict and feel unfair, or they are very lob-sided in terms of enforcing them depending on the resident, they can create severe problems for the board.