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Management

Self-Management in Stressful Times

Some Communities Go It Alone—Others Outsource

While many condominium associations and co-op corporations hire professional property managers or management firms to ha…

Management

2021 March

COVID-19 and Opening Amenities

Questions of Ethics, Liability, & Resident Demands

2021 March

Management in Crisis:

How the Pandemic Changed an Industry

2020 Winter

The Challenges of Managing a Distressed Property

Getting Back on Track

2020 Winter

Managing Conflict

When Boards and Residents Take Sides

Finance

Where Does It Go?

The Problem of Financial Leakage

The vast majority of co-op and condominium boards are well intentioned and work diligently with their management and acc…

Finance

New Jersey #1 in Property Taxes

Typical NJ Household Pays $8,432 Per Year

Financing for Condo & HOA Associations

Coping With a Cash Crunch

Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Crisis

An Option to (Carefully!) Consider

What to Do About HOA Finances & Arrears During Coronavirus

How Associations Should Respond

On The Board

Board Style & Management

Hands-on vs.Hands-off

Condos and co-ops are unique in their management structure, of which there are two levels: the board of the association …

Term Limits for Board Members:

A Breath of Fresh Air or a Lack of Oxygen?

2021 March

Overcoming Apathy

Getting Residents Interested in Board Service

Making—and Enforcing—House Rules

Fairness & Consistency Are Key

Helping Out in the Age of Coronavirus

Lending a Hand Without Overreaching

Living by the Rules

Making—and Enforcing—House Rules

It’s a common bit for comedians and TV sitcoms: making fun of the ‘condo police’—those neighbors who take it upon themse…

Fall 2020

Handling Harassment in Multifamily Housing

When Trash Talk Turns to Transgression

2016 December

Vulnerable Residents

Safety at Any Age

2014 January

Cars, Cars Everywhere

How to Effectively Manage Parking

2014 January

Knowing When to Call Your Manager

Response to Calls is an Essential Part of the Manager’s Job

Neighbor Noise

When Enough is Too Much

Noise is an acknowledged part of community life, especially in multifamily apartment buildings. Some noise is external;…

Communicate...and Then OVERcommunicate

Tips for Getting Residents Involved, Engaged, & Informed

2016 December

Vulnerable Residents

Safety at Any Age

2014 February

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing HOA Records

2014 February

Board/Owner Do’s & Don’ts

What Makes a Board Successful

Maintenance

Structural Integrity Inspections:

What Does Your State Require?

In light of the catastrophic, deadly condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida last month, boards and residents in mu…

Water Sensors Join the Internet of Things

New Tech May Improve Leak Detection & Lower Insurance Costs

2021 March

Exterior Maintenance & Inspections

Using HOA Staff vs.Calling in a Pro

Adjacent Construction Risk Management

The Building (or Demolition) Next Door

Managing Exterior Repairs

Advice From a Legal Pro

Adjacent Construction Risk Management

The Building (or Demolition) Next Door

Cities reshape and reinvent themselves regularly and organically. Old buildings become obsolete for a variety of reasons…

Managing Exterior Repairs

Advice From a Legal Pro

2019 March

Facade Repair and Restoration

How to Know When It’s Time

2019 March

Exterior Cleaning

Cleanliness and Curb Appeal

2019 March

Maintaining Exterior Spaces

Safety, Longevity, and Aesthetics

Plumbing the Depths

Pipes, Drains and Your HOA's Water Supply

Few things illustrate the fragility of modern civilization more clearly than plumbing problems. A broken pipe, a backed…

2014 November

Boiler Maintenance Basics

The Heat Is On

2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Building Community Running

2013 November

Where's the Money?

Alternative Funding for Capital Improvements

2013 November

Live Long and Prosper

Life Spans of Building Systems

Design

Bloom Times

The Luxury - and Value - of Floral Arrangements

What's Out Front on Lobby Design

Safety, Sustainability, & Cleanliness

Design by Committee

Using Design Committees for Common Area Projects

Basement Rooms

Turning ‘Dead’ Space Into Common Space

Residential Architecture Trends

What’s Hot in High-Rises?

Insurance

Loss, Insurance, & Claims

A Primer

Should Your Board Carry D&O?

Protecting Decisions Made in Good Faith

Parsing the Insurance Market

Understanding What the Current Cycle Means to You

The Chain of Communication

Establishing Connections — and Boundaries — Between Board and Residents

The Upsides of Board Service

Benefits, Rewards, and a Job Well Done

Organizations

IREM Announces Diversity & Inclusion Succession Initiative Leaders

Program Fosters Leadership & Recognition of Underrepresented Groups

32BJ SEIU President Issues Statement on Pandemic & Police Brutality

"Our Members Find Themselves in Double Jeopardy"

IREM Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

27 Chapters On Board So Far

The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association

Keeping the Garden State Green

The National Fire Protection Association

Working to Stop Fires Before They Start

News

7/23/2021 Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex—Somerset Daily Voice

A teen boy was arrested for an attempted carjacking at a condominium complex in Somerset County last month, authorities said.
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7/20/2021 Misbehaving teens frustrate police and residents at the Jersey shore—ABC6 News

Residents and police are getting frustrated over groups of unruly teenagers in several Jersey shore towns.
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7/9/2021 The Life Of A High-End Concierge In Asbury Park—Patch.com

Being a concierge for a high-end luxury condo can be a pretty interesting experience.
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7/9/2021 After Florida condo collapse, Jersey City’s mayor plans to tighten building safety rules. Some property owners have reservations.—nj.com

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop plans to tighten building safety rules after the collapse of a Florida high-rise, the city announced Wednesday.
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7/9/2021 Protest reaches fever pitch as cops arrest N.J. man charged in racist rant—nj.com

Police escorted a Mount Laurel man from his home and into custody on Monday while more than 100 people protested outside in response to a viral video that showed him shouting racial slurs at his neighbors.
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7/9/2021 Some N.J. condo pools still haven’t reopened, residents say. ‘They are stealing summer from us.’—nj.com

People across New Jersey are celebrating the long July 4th weekend at the Shore, at lakes and at community pools.
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7/6/2021 Own a condo? Here’s what you should know about building safety after Surfside.—The Washington Post

The wreckage of Champlain Towers South, reduced last week to a tangled jumble of steel and concrete, has worried residents of other multistory buildings who want assurances that their homes are safe.
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7/6/2021 Recent Bills Introduced in New Jersey Address COVID-19 Real Estate Evictions and Lawsuits—Lexology

New legislation in New Jersey has been introduced that, if enacted, will impact tenants, landlords, and planned real estate developments (most commonly condominiums) in the State; one that seeks to strike a balance between tenants' and landlords' rights while ending the current ban on evictions, and the other created to limit lawsuits against planned real estate developments stemming from COVID-19 exposure in common facilities.
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7/6/2021 Florida collapse 'a wake-up call' for condominium owners, boards, managers—Press of Atlantic City

When visitors look at Seapointe Village condominiums, a private beach property at the south end of the Wildwoods, they see the beauty and luxury of living steps from the ocean.
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7/6/2021 I may buy a condo or co-op. What are the differences?—nj.com

Q. Could you tell me if you think co-ops and condos are good investments in terms of being able to take advantage of appreciation?
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7/6/2021 Condos Are in Uncharted Territory—Slate

The cracks in the concrete suddenly feel like chasms.
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7/2/2021 New Jersey Residential Real Estate Developments May Receive COVID-19 Immunity—Lexology

Residential real estate developments that reopen their amenities amid an improving public health picture would receive COVID-19-related immunity under legislation that is working its way through the New Jersey Legislature.
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6/25/2021 ‘Everyone feels as if it's their own sibling’: Lakewood couple among the missing in Florida condo building collapse—News 12 The Bronx

A Lakewood couple vacationing in Florida is among the nearly 100 people missing in the collapse at a condominium building in Surfside, Florida, just outside of Miami.
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6/25/2021 New Jersey family recounts surviving Surfside building collapse—ABC 7 New York

The Aguero family from West New York, New Jersey was vacationing in Florida when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by rubble and amidst a tragedy.
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6/24/2021 Community Associations Institute (CAI) New Jersey Recognizes FirstService Residential-Managed Regency at Monroe Board—WFMZ News

FirstService Residential, the leading property management company in North America, announced that the New Jersey chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI-NJ) presented its Board of the Year 1,000+ Units award to Regency at Monroe, a 55 and better, lifestyle community comprised of single-family homes located in Monroe Township, New Jersey.
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6/24/2021 Montville affordable housing owners sue town over right to sell at market value—Morristown Daily Record

A group of condominium owners claims township officials are interfering with their right to sell their properties at market value once their affordable housing agreements end, according to a lawsuit filed in Morris County Superior Court.
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6/24/2021 Pascrell, Buchanan Introduce Bill to Encourage High-Rise Housing Development—Insider NJ

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey’s only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, and Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) today introduced the Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act, legislation to encourage greater housing development in high-population and high density-areas.
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6/22/2021 Condo project breaks ground in Jersey City—ROI-NJ.com

Epire Development broke ground on an 84-unit luxury condominium project in the Powerhouse Art District of Jersey City last week.
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6/17/2021 NJ Lawmakers Advance Real Estate COVID Immunity Bill—Law360

A New Jersey Assembly committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would prohibit lawsuits over the spread of COVID-19 at real estate developments, providing immunity that supporters said would ease the fears of community associations that they could be dragged into court after reopening their amenities.
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6/10/2021 Bernardsville condo project still being revised—The Bernardsville News

A year-and-a-half after its last public hearing, the “Claremont Manor” proposal for a five-level apartment building in the business district is still alive.
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