Category: Management

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2025 Expo Managing Cannabis

With cannabis use becoming increasingly normalized (as of 2023, 38 states permit medical marijuana use and 23 permit both medical and recreational consumption), co-op and condo administrators are faced with yet another quality-of-life issue…

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2025 Expo Families, Kids & Quality of Life

Managing or administering a multifamily community like a condo, HOA, or co-op building is a lesson in balancing diverse, sometimes conflicting interests and priorities for the collective good. In buildings and associations where residents l…

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2025 Spring Onboarding New Building Staff

The first day of work can be intimidating; there are new coworkers, new tasks, new routines, and lots of new names and faces to remember. Whether the new hire in question is a super, porter, custodian, or other on-site staff member, that ac…

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Winter 2025 Managing Diverse Communities

The term ‘diversity’ encompasses an expansive range of demographics within a population, from ethnicity, age, gender and orientation, ability, religion, and socioeconomic status to culture, language, and personal lived experience. These fac…

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Winter 2025 Clear Communication

Author and former presidential speechwriter James Humes once said, “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” In multifamily communities, transparent and open communication helps ensure smooth operations and leads to greater …

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2024 Fall Managing Aging Residents

Homeownership is a long-term commitment for most. In the context of a multifamily community like a condo or co-op, it’s not unusual for many owners and shareholders in the building to have purchased their units around the same time in early…

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2024 Fall Fiduciary Duty Explained

As members of co-op corporations and condominium associations, we often hear the term fiduciary duty bandied about.  But what does it really mean to be a fiduciary? Stated simply, the term ‘fiduciary’ means trust. When a person managing the…

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2024 Fall Amending Bylaws and House Rules

A community’s governing documents, including its bylaws and house rules, are like a country’s constitution and laws. They are—or at least they should be—‘living’ documents that, like our state and national laws and constitution, occasionall…

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2024 May More Than a Mess

In a multifamily building, residents who compulsively collect and hoard items - whether it be old newspapers and magazines, canned goods, pets, or even garbage - pose a threat to the safety and health of their neighbors, as well as a liabil…

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