When Marjorie Kehe moved from New York to Boston in 2003, she brought a roommate: her black border-collie mix, Sheba. While no stranger to urban living, Kehe was taken aback at how few Massachusetts landlords would even consider the 25…
While the election format in a condominium community is pretty much the same as for any other club or organization, property managers and board members are looking to make the process easier and increase unit owner participation. Unit …
As the lingering effects of the “Great Recession” continue to influence the lives of countless average Americans, more and more displaced workers are turning to home-based businesses (HBBs) in an attempt to reverse sagging fortunes. …
As a condo owner, you’ve got a gripe. Whether it’s about Mrs. Smith’s poodle who barks all day or the neighbor’s teenaged son who blasts his Guns N’ Roses music when his parents aren’t home, you just want someone to listen and, of course,…
Being elected to the condo board inserts a divisive quality into one’s relationship with their neighbors. While still a unit owner, subject to the same rules, regulations and responsibilities, a board member has made a commitment to the…
The planning of free seminars for property managers, trustees, and unit owners is picking up pace as New England Condominium’s 2011 Expo draws closer. Held on Tuesday, May 24, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, the fr…
Q I ran into financial difficulty a while ago and I failed to pay my regular monthly condominium fees for two months. I subsequently paid these two months of regularmonthly condominium fees, but our association board levied late payment …
Condominium associations and their property managers have shown that, like owners of other types of buildings, they are eager to do their part to be good stewards of the health of the planet, as well as the health of the occupants of t…
As recently as five years ago, traditional phone logs and Rolodexes were a common part of a property manager’s daily communications arsenal. Yet, with recent advances in condo management software, such anachronistic methods are rapidly d…
Most community associations have emergency preparedness plans in case of fires, floods, or hurricanes. But there’s one form of disaster that very few have an organized response for: the public relations disaster. “It’s the lac…