Category: On The Board

Board Operations Good Board, Bad Board
2011 July Good Board, Bad Board

 It doesn’t matter if you are managing a towering high-rise or a sprawling suburban  association, co-op and condo boards usually have their fair share of problems  to be solved and emergencies to be defused. Talk to enough people who have …

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Law & Legislation Collecting Unpaid Debts
2011 June Collecting Unpaid Debts

 Consider the following all-too-common scenario: your condominium association has  one delinquent unit owner who owes three months of common charges totaling  $915.00 before late fees. Statements have been sent without response, and  telep…

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Law & Legislation Selecting an Appropriate Vendor
2011 June Selecting an Appropriate Vendor

Choosing a competent contractor to complete a planned or unplanned project is more difficult now than ever before. In today's economic climate, often inexperienced contractors might be eager to submit proposals for projects. W…

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Law & Legislation Watch Your Mouth
2011 June Watch Your Mouth

 In the course of human events, it's almost inevitable that somewhere, at some  point, tempers will flare and someone will say something awful about someone  else. It can happen after the PTA meeting, in the gym, at the office...even in  o…

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Law & Legislation Little Falls, New Jersey
2011 June Little Falls, New Jersey

 The township of Little Falls, named for the beautiful Passaic River waterfall that spills downstream from a dam in front of the former  Beattie Carpet Mill, traces its heritage to 1711. The nearly three-square-mile  town is bordered by th…

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Law & Legislation Can We Go Green?
2011 June Can We Go Green?

As gasoline prices rise with increasing summer demand, American thoughts focus sharply on the cost of energy and ways to trim fat from their overall energy budgets. Yet for the nation’s nearly sixty million condo dwellers, considering n…

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Law & Legislation No Time Like the Precedent
2011 June No Time Like the Precedent

 Condo, HOA, and co-op boards are generally made up of volunteers—and they're frequently a pretty diverse group. There’s the stay-at-home mom who’s looking to get involved with something beyond homework and housework. There’s also the youn…

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Law & Legislation Governance in the Garden State
2011 June Governance in the Garden State

 Voting is an important right that hopefully all Americans exercise, but once  your elected officials hit office, that doesn’t mean that you should just sit back and wait until the next Election Day to  care.    There is a tremendou…

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Law & Legislation The Paper Trail
2011 June The Paper Trail

 Remember that thick stack of documents you received when you bought your condo  or co-op? If you're like most people, they're probably sitting in a drawer or  in the back of your filing cabinet, communing with the dust bunnies, largely  f…

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Law & Legislation The Business Judgment Rule
2011 March The Business Judgment Rule

 Co-op or condo ownership can mean fewer concerns about maintenance and  administration for residents, but it also means living by a new set of rules  and regulations. Co-op and HOA boards don’t operate as little fiefdoms unto themselves, …

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