CooperatorEvents is excited to be back at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus on Wednesday, June 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the CooperatorEvents New Jersey Expo 2023! If you’ve joined us for previous shows, you know the …
Boards, managers, and residents, take note - Tuesday, June 13 is International Community Association Managers Day! Established in 2022, the day recognizes the 55,000+ community association managers in the U.S. and the many thousands more wo…
As has been widely reported lately, Fannie Mae, which is under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has developed a secret blacklist of condominiums, HOAs and co-ops that are ineligible for “conventional financin…
CooperatorEvents hopes to see you at the Meadowlands Exposition Center on Wednesday, June 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the CooperatorEvents New Jersey Expo 2023! Register for FREE today at nj- expo.com to experien…
Q. Our board has too often used confidentiality as a reason for making decisions and not informing the residents as to why. The latest was regarding our HOA insurance policy. Are HOA insurance policies confidential documents? If so, can…
Q. I’m a board member of my condo association here in New Jersey. All of our board members subscribe to your paper and always find it helpful. We are going to institute a pet registration form for dogs and cats and were thinking of asses…
They say you can always count on death and taxes, but there’s another not-so-pleasant inevitability that should probably be added to that old axiom: emergencies. And while some may be relatively minor—a fallen branch on an electrical wire, …
Part of the appeal of living in a suburban HOA or condo association is living in an orderly and well kept community, with neighbors agreeing to uphold certain aesthetic standards for their properties to better preserve value for all. What…
Board approval has been part and parcel of buying into a co-op since the housing model was introduced in the late 1800s. Boards can demand a great deal of personal information from buyers, and can approve or deny a purchase, as long as the …
With inflation and supply chain disruptions dominating much of the news these days, multifamily boards and managers are feeling the squeeze, whether in the form of rising prices for necessary supplies, or lack of those supplies altogether, …