New England Condominium’sCondo Expo was a beehive of activity on May 21, as thousands of community  association board members, homeowners and industry professionals gathered at  Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center.    The fifth ann…

Q A member of our board runs to the property manager on a whim and makes him  complete tasks that may or may not be approved by the board. She also knows  every single detail about the homeowners’ financials in terms of how they pay and w…

 Known for its links to the sea and the home port of the U.S. Coast Guard  Academy, New London, Connecticut sits on the banks of the Thames River, and is  also home to two well-known colleges and some notable academicians, politicians  and…

 Stairwell safety may not get front and center attention from condo associations  but should not be side-stepped. In the event of a fire, it’s important for stairwells to be well lit with access to the exit. If an elderly  person slips and…

 When summer rolls around many New Englanders can be found at The Cape, Nantucket  or Martha’s Vineyard or any of the numerous beaches that are dotted along the Northeast  coast. New England’s stunning water vistas are rivaled only by its …

 In buying into a condominium community and its lifestyle, the prospective owner  signs a contract, agreeing to accept and uphold the community’s rules and regulations—and essentially waiving certain rights.    In doing so, this buy…

 Read any of the major business publications or websites and you’re bound to find articles on the importance of delegating. It’s one of the most fundamental skills for a successful business owner to have. A  simple Internet search finds sc…

 Serving on a condo board has its challenges—mostly of a relatively mundane, everyday sort, like how to pay for new carpet in  the clubhouse, or what kind of flowers to put in the new beds out front.  Occasionally however, a much more sens…

 For seven years, Mira Calton and her husband, Dr. Jayson Calton, owned a  floating home, one of the 165 privately-owned residences on The World, a  644-foot yacht that continuously circumnavigates the globe. Owning a home on  the yacht is…

 Call it the Ikea-fication of America. It seems that more and more people are  getting interested in design, especially when it comes to their own home. In  decades past, household furniture and decorations didn’t vary a whole lot. Growing…