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If you serve on your board, you already know the job can sometimes feel like a second career. One day you’re drafting the new budget, the next you’re dealing with Local Law inspections, or mediating a conflict between residents. For a volunteer with limited time, that’s a lot to manage—which is exactly why you should stop by the CooperatorEvents Expo at the Javits Convention Cen...

In the post-pandemic era, virtual and hybrid meetings are no longer considered a crisis situation workaround for boards and managers; they’re just how we conduct community business now. And across the board, that’s been a good thing. The evolution of digital meeting platforms has given building and HOA leaders the opportunity to do more than just hold their operations together—i...

One longstanding challenge for shared interest communities is that of recruiting members to serve on the board and the board’s subcommittees. Given that these are unpaid volunteer positions, many residents prefer to leave the job to others, claiming they have neither the time nor expertise necessary to serve the community well.  The result of this is that those who do serve ofte...

When it comes to running effective annual community meetings, the battle is often won or lost before the meeting is even called to order. If the residents of a building or association are fundamentally satisfied with how their community is being governed and managed, meetings tend to be low-key, conflict-free affairs where routine business is handled over coffee and baked goods,...

Most prospective co-op and condo buyers have a long list of questions to ask about the properties they’re considering, like what’s the monthly maintenance fee? How are the reserves? Does the roof deck get plenty of direct sunlight? How long does it take the super to respond to a maintenance request? All very practical things to inquire about. But what about…ghosts? Crummy water ...