Mar 28, 2018 | Associations, Board of Directors, Community Manager, Florida, Meetings, Prepare, Property Managers, Renters, Residents
No! If Hurricane Irma taught us anything it is that adequate preparation before the storm will go a long way towards addressing issues after the storm. Now is the time for associations to communicate with its owners about insurance- and liability-related issues. One...
Feb 20, 2018 | Q&A, Renters
Q: My association recently sent out the annual meeting notice materials. There is a proxy question which reads: “Should the minimum rental term be increased to 90 days?” There was no other documents or discussion regarding the amendment included in the...
Jan 4, 2018 | Associations, Payments, Q&A, Renters, Residents
Condominium and Homeowner Associations are never anxious to take on properties abandoned by owners. Yet with the mortgage crisis many properties were left vacant for years. In the interim, unpaid assessments continued to accrue and the properties were ripe for...
Aug 24, 2017 | Associations, Budget, Community Manager, Payments, Property Managers, Renters
In the property management industry, there is a technology to solve almost every problem. From paying rent online to managing packages, the industry is bursting with solutions that tackle all the tedious aspects of being a property manager. But first, you have to...
Jun 22, 2017 | Associations, Budget, Communication, Payments, Property Managers, Renters
Do you include utilities in your rent? Whether you do or you don’t, the million dollar question is why? Why not include it? The answer is rent growth. To elaborate, operators are realizing that with rapid rent growth comes a growth in supply. However, coupled with...
May 20, 2017 | Associations, Budget, Payments, Property Managers, Renters
We’re so excited about the upcoming release of our annual Market Survey, that we couldn’t keep quiet about the results. This year, 1,300 HOA, multifamily and single family firms participated in our survey, answering questions about resident payments, utility billing,...
