Q. Some of the homeowners in our association participate in discussions on a “neighborhood” social media site that is not controlled by our association. Most of the posts I’ve seen are friendly, but of course there’s a fair number that ar…

Whether you live in a super-luxe Park Avenue co-op in New York City, a beach-front condo in Florida, a sprawling HOA in Nevada, or a multifamily community in the Berkshires, one thing is certain: you have neighbors. Hopefully they’re the pe…

Residential communities such as condos, HOAs, and co-ops are unique in that they take the governance of their properties into their own hands. While most properties do have managing agents to oversee staff and to handle the day-to-day opera…

By its very definition, insurance coverage is planned protection against both the expected and the unexpected. Life insurance clearly provides financial security in the event of death, which of course is an eventual certainty. But at the sa…

New England Condominium presents a Cooperator Events Virtual Town Hall: COVID Complications - Unraveling the Pandemic's Financial, Physical, & Administrative Crisis for HOAs, Sponsored by:  Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C. Thursday Aug…

COVID-19 has caused more far-ranging, persistent anxiety than any other event in recent history. It has affected our jobs, our living situations, and the way we interact with others, and it’s not done with us yet. Scientists and public heal…

A few years ago, I was on the phone with a homeowner. He was irate with how his community’s money was being spent. He was unhappy with the budget increase. It was a call I took regularly from any one of my homeowners (and more often than no…

New England Condominium presents a Cooperator Events Virtual Town Hall:  An Ounce of Prevention - Matching Your Reserve Budget to Replacement Costs.  Sponsored by Sterling Remodeling and Restoration/Roof Maxx Tuesday July 21, 2020 at 2:00 …

As some states continue phased reopening of their economies and social spaces, and others are forced to backtrack as coronavirus cases spread, the question on every board member and property manager’s mind these days is how their own commun…

As the COVID crisis has evolved, and states have moved into different phases of reopening, swimming pools and other aquatic amenities have been flashpoints for some of the biggest, most contentious questions around reopening (or not) common…