Tag: Lisa Iannucci

 When it comes to stories about board members pushing their own pet projects,  stalling meetings, and generally gumming up their HOA’s administrative works for selfish reasons, most property mangers have one or  two doozies.    Cons…

 When you’re reading the history of the Pennsylvania and Delaware Valley Chapter of the  Community Associations Institute (CAI-PADELVAL, for short), it might be helpful  to whip out the map to get a sense of who they are and the communitie…

 It’s an unfortunate truth that even the most harmonious condo community or HOA will  experience occasional friction between staff members, or between staff and  management. Sometimes it’s a personality conflict, or a case of an employee b…

The economic crisis has affected many individuals, businesses and markets—the real estate and job markets, to name just two particularly nasty examples. Until now, one of the few industries that didn’t seem as deeply impacted was the ins…

 Consider the (fictional) couple, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They love their co-op  apartment in a comfortable, convenient neighborhood in Hoboken, and have lived  there for the last seven years, moving in when Mr. Smith took an editing job  with…

Outdoor amenities like tennis courts, golf courses, playgrounds and pools are valuable assets for any HOA, but they require a significant commitment when it comes to maintenance and upkeep. With summer on the way, the weather is warming…

The snow is finally starting to melt after what has seemed like an extra long winter. Of course, that means the grass is thankfully starting to peek through and reintroduce itself. And with this reintroduction comes a required spring c…

Years ago, when I babysat for a young boy, I watched him create a multi-story building out of empty cardboard boxes. The lad then ran around his proud creation, flexing his muscles and crowing, “My house is indy-structible!” (He then pr…

Turn on daytime television and you might get a false impression that people like to go before a judge to work out their differences. There are so many cookie-cutter court shows like where they make the process look simple and quick. Th…

No matter what the job—be it flipping burgers at a chain restaurant or running a multinational investment firm—employees should be given periodic reviews of their performance to assess how they’re doing and identify both their strengths …