Here’s the scenario: the developer of your suburban building, who still owns enough  units to throw his weight around, hires a property manager who plays fast and  loose with the municipal tax codes. So much so in fact, that he winds up i…

Q “I own a condo in Southern New Jersey. An owner in our association is in arrears  of $1,300 on their monthly maintenance and has now filed for bankruptcy. Can we  still put a lien on the owner’s unit? If not, what can we do to recoup…

Q A neighbor down the hall from my condo apartment has installed a video camera over his doorway—presumably as a security measure. Our building has a doorman and double-locked vestibule, as well as security cameras in the lobby, so t…

 Asbury Park, one of the old showplaces of the Jersey Shore and a town that in  its heyday rivaled Atlantic City, has seen its fortunes rise and fall (and rise  again). Once viewed as a city in decline, Asbury Park benefited greatly from  …

 It’s an unfortunate truth that even the most harmonious condo community or HOA will  experience occasional friction between staff members, or between staff and  management. Sometimes it’s a personality conflict, or a case of an employee b…

 When it comes to the windows in your complex, like most people, you’re probably focused on energy conservation—keeping the air conditioning inside in the summer and the cold air outside in  the winter. While you’re probably aware that not…

Saving money by going green sounds great, but who has that initial capital in these tough economic times? The average person can’t afford the luxury of buying solar panels or driving a hybrid car, however, there are many energy-saving c…

 If one wants to ascertain the state of the green building industry, shared—or “fractionally owned”—vacation condos might be a good place to start.    While many homebuyers will settle for an uninspiring exurb lot near a convenient …

 Good property managers need to be one step ahead of the game, and September is  no time to be caught flat-footed. The once-packed swimming pool is now  virtually empty, and the kids who filled it weeks ago are now lugging school  backpack…

Talk of “green” homes and buildings these days often evokes images of roof gardens, solar panels, and even wind turbines humming in the background. For most condos and HOAs however, “going green” comes incrementally, in much smaller mea…