Whether large or small, a community association’s list of essential professionals includes its property manager, an accountant, and a lawyer. While it’s generally understood how to employ the first two—call the accountant when …
Lawsuits are an unfortunate, expensive fact of life these days—chances are that at some point in your lifetime you’ll be involved in one to at least some degree. In you live in a condo or HOA, legal issues arise all the time. Sometimes i…
This summer, even with the lingering recession squashing some folks’ plans for elaborate, far-flung vacations, plenty of HOA residents will still pack up for a few days to hit the shore, or perhaps go visit relatives in nearby states. …
On Wednesday, May 5th, 2010, The New Jersey Cooperator and its parent company Yale Robbins, Inc. hosted the third annual New Jersey Condo, HOA & Co-op Expo at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. The New York version …
Lobbies, corridors and common areas are the public face an HOA or condo community shows to the world. Shabby, threadbare, or painfully dated common areas can hurt overall property values and send the wrong message about how a community…
Tennis courts, event spaces and private swimming pools are practically standard issue when it comes to suburban homeowners associations and condominium communities. While the residents who enjoy these amenities as part of their ownersh…
According to a study released in January of this year by the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids today are plugged in. Aside from the time they spend in class at school and asleep in bed, children between the ages of eight and 18 spend more…
The current recession has impacted New Jersey's condo and HOA communities in many profound ways. Boards and managers have been forced to address the challenge posed by multiple units in arrears, bank foreclosures, and projects put on i…
Generally speaking, the issue of municipal services—snow removal, paving, garbage collection, etc.—as they apply to HOAs is pretty cut-and-dry: municipalities receive money directly from owners in the form of property taxes. HOAs budget …
Talk of “green” homes and buildings these days often evokes images of roof gardens, solar panels, and even wind turbines humming in the background. For most condos and HOAs however, “going green” comes incrementally, in much smaller mea…