As multifamily owners and residents around the country ask what they can do for their property workers while the world enters its second half of a year in the grips of the coronavirus crisis, building staff employed by Parsippany-based …
According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median annual property tax paid by homeowners was $2,578 in 2019, or 1.03 percent of home value - not a huge percentage on average, but many households pay far more than this bas…
According to a recent Women in the Workplace survey from the U.S. Green Building Council ( USGBC ), women across the green building industry are facing historic challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Of nearly 500 women survey…
Every board understands that having adequate umbrella liability insurance for their building or HOA is mandatory - that's a given. But many boards don't carry Directors & Officers policies, or 'D&O,' which protects the board as a body and b…
While residents of condos, co-ops, and HOAs do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying in their homes as much as they can, they rely on the supers, porters, valets, doorpeople, janitorial workers, handymen and -women, securi…
It's a common bit for comedians and TV sitcoms: making fun of the ‘condo police’—those neighbors who take it upon themselves to enforce the rules set up by your condominium association or co-op corporation to regulate community living. They…
Since the onset of COVID-19, millions of Amercians have been spending significantly more time at home. According to data from the Census Bureau, the typical American family spends about $2,850 per year - or about 22 percent of total housing…
The Cooperator Events presents A Virtual Town Hall: Weighty Decisions - Reopening Your HOA Gym or Fitness Center During COVID. Sponsored by: Associa Community Management of New Jersey, PeopleFirst Property & Casualty Services, & Kates Nus…
COVID-19 has caused more far-ranging, persistent anxiety than any other event in recent history. It has affected our jobs, our living situations, and the way we interact with others, and it’s not done with us yet. Scientists and public heal…
Elevator repair and replacement projects can be extremely disruptive for everyone in your building - and can have a very real impact on some resident's ability to even enter and leave their homes. In this quick clip, elevator pros explain h…