In an ever-changing, high-stakes landscape, it's crucial to stay abreast of the legal and legislative issues impacting your community. This seminar will familiarize board members, property managers, and residents with the hot topics that ma…
Board members have a lot of responsibility to their communities and associations -- and with that responsibility can come liability. This seminar will explain the extent and limitations of legal liability for board members, as well as how t…
Running meetings and holding elections are two of a board's most important functions -- but few board members come to the job knowing how to do either one. This seminar will offer a crash course in running smooth, productive board meetings …
The vast majority of co-op, condo and HOA residents are reasonable and sensible, and wouldn't dream of disrupting their community by being verbally abusive to neighbors, harassing board members and managers with endless petty complaints, or…
Q. My New Jersey condo association has a three-pet/one-dog pet policy. I am aware that regardless of any association’s pet policy, service/support animals for those with disabilities must be allowed (i.e., seeing-eye dogs, those for the h…
In uncertain political and economic times, a condominium, cooperative or homeowners’ association may instinctively want to pinch pennies when it can, especially when it comes to relatively minor maintenance projects. If an association has i…
Architecture and design have changed a lot over the years. Considerations for ‘what-goes-where,’ are very different now than say, back in the Roaring Twenties, when so much of the region’s housing stock – and hence a large proportion of tod…
Through the ages, architecture and design have been symbols of evolution and change within societies. From the grandeur of the ancient world, to the Baroque and Romanesque masterpieces of the late Renaissance, and to the towering fancies of…
There are plenty of reasons why a condominium, co-op or homeowners’ association might see fit to spruce up its common areas. Dated décor, seasonal inspiration, excess cash on-hand, or just sheer boredom with the current look all come to min…
Department of Community Affairs inspections and FHA mortgage approval are two of the most important -- and most challenging -- processes a community association must face. With the DCA inspecting most community associations every five years…