Category: Association Operations

Management Skills for Effective Property Management
2005 Jan Skills for Effective Property Management

The term "multi-tasking" may have been coined to describe property managers: their line of work requires its practitioners to know a little something about nearly everything, to have an impeccable demeanor, lightning-quick problem solving s…

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Management Gaining Access to Important Documents
2005 Jan Gaining Access to Important Documents

Of the many responsibilities a managing agent has to fulfill for a homeowners association, one of their most vital is coordinating the flow of information between the board and the association members, and keeping that information secure. T…

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Management Considering a New Management Company
2005 Jan Considering a New Management Company

Any number of things can happen to make an association question its choice of management company. The company the board originally hired might be making mistakes, or there might be personality conflicts that threaten the all-important ma…

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Management Accrediting Property Managers in New Jersey
2005 Jan Accrediting Property Managers in New Jersey

Property managers in New Jersey are not specifically required to be licensed—although many of them do get accredited through organizations like the Institute of Real Estate Management, or IREM, and the New Jersey chapter of the Community As…

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Management Real Life Experiences of Property Managers
2005 Jan Real Life Experiences of Property Managers

Adopted hamsters. Mysteriously empty pools. Secret bedroom habits of hi-rise neighbors. No, it's not next week's Desperate Housewives episode. It's more like Ripley's Believe It or Not, but all of these are true-life experiences of prope…

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Security Fencing Options for Suburban Developments
2004 Dec Fencing Options for Suburban Developments

The fencing around the perimeter of your community not only helps keep the property secure, but is an aesthetic element that—if designed and maintained properly—can add significant value to residents' homes. Because of the surge in fence…

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Security Hiring the Right People
2004 Dec Hiring the Right People

What's a "problem employee?" The guy who corners you at your desk and tells endless stories about his weekend in Maine? The grocery sacker who always puts the canned goods on top of the bread? Or is it the association staff member with a…

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Security Fire Safety in Homeowner Associations
2004 Dec Fire Safety in Homeowner Associations

In January of this year, a devastating blaze ripped through an Edison apartment building in Edison leaving one woman dead, five people injured and up to 100 others homeless. In March, a space heater ignited a mattress causing a fire that gu…

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Security The Power of a Neighborhood Watch
2004 Dec The Power of a Neighborhood Watch

Neighbors helping neighbors. It's a simple adage and one that holds immeasurable power when it comes to keeping communities safe. Over the years, neighborhood watch groups have grown in number, having a positive impact on the reduction o…

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Security Suburban Security
2004 Dec Suburban Security

Whether you live in a gated or non-gated community in the New Jersey suburbs or the city, your home should be a safe-haven and sanctuary in which you can feel secure and protected from crime and other threats. So when it comes to the com…

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