Community Safety Advice for Board Members
A top priority for any Condo or HOA board is resident safety. When neighbors feel safe, the community value increases. Also, it helps maintain the grounds from unwanted damages.
Five Tips for a Successful Board Meeting
Board Meetings are the backbone of the homeowners association (HOA). From budget concerns to hot topics or issues in the community, board members must run a successful meeting to reach the HOA's goals.
How HOAs Can Intervene to Stop Neighbor-to-Neighbor Harassment
The following article provides advice on stopping neighbor-to-neighbor harassment in your HOA.
6 Durable Renovation Projects to Reduce Maintenance
Constant building maintenance can be a massive issue for any rental or income property, especially with many units. However, reducing the amount of maintenance you have to do doesn't mean you have to reduce the quality of the property! These are some of the best ways to update your income properties so they can be low maintenance!
Guide to HOA RFPs
One of the most complex decisions a homeowners' association (HOA) board of directors will have to make is hiring the right people for their management company. When your board writes and distributes a request for proposal (RFP), they're simplifying the process. Read on to learn about RFPs, why they're important, how to draft one, and more.
Can a Florida HOA Evict a Tenant?
When new owners purchase condominiums and other residences governed by homeowners' associations (HOAs), they agree to the terms of your HOA's bylaws. However, a tenant who rents a home in these communities—with the owner acting as the landlord—may not be subject to HOA rules.
How To Properly Handle HOA Violation Notices
The first step in a homeowners' association exercising its authority to enforce its rules involves proper notification to the homeowner. Read on to learn more!
10 Tips for Preparing Budgets for HOAs and Condos
Budgeting is vital to the success of your homeowners' association (HOA) and can prevent your community from facing financial troubles. Here are some tips to ensure that your community association is proactive, prepared, and adequately plans for the future.
How to Retain New Homeowners in Your HOA
To be a genuinely successful HOA, you can't simply focus all your efforts on attracting new homeowners. Your board must also work hard to keep new and existing members. All methods from last week's post apply, but here are a few additional tips for retaining homeowners.
Attracting New Homeowners to Improve the HOA Experience
A homeowners association would be nothing without its homeowners. So when properties are available, an HOA should do its best to seek out new homeowners to live in the community. But, how do you even begin to do that?
More HOA New Year's Resolutions
As we said last week, 2021 is coming to a close, and a new year means it's time to make resolutions. For homeowners associations, it means doing things better in the new year. Here are more of the best HOA New Year's resolutions that boards can make to improve their community!
HOA New Year's Resolutions to Make Better Communities
2021 is coming to a close, and a new year means it's time to make resolutions. For homeowners associations, it means doing things better in the new year. Here are some of the best HOA New Year's resolutions that boards can make to improve their community!
Holiday Q&A: Some Things Board Members Should Know for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, you may be wondering what are some important things to know concerning government documents or legal issues when it comes to board member rights and responsibilities. Check out this article where three common questions are answered about your HOA and board members.
Conflicts Between Board Members And Homeowners Part II
The remedies available to homeowners for handling a problematic board member depend, in part, on the applicable state's laws and the HOA's governing documents.
Conflicts Between Board Members And Homeowners Part I
Homeowners associations rely on people to make decisions and perform organizational functions. For constitutional matters, a vote comes from all HOA members. For day-to-day affairs, an association acts through its board of directors and officers.
To Pay or Not to Pay? How to Handle Failed Payments in your HOA
Homeowners living in HOA Communities face a variety of requirements, regulations, and rules by choosing to live in these private communities. One of the requirements for members is the payment of HOA fees. We want to give members the necessary information concerning HOA fees and the many issues that arise when homeowners fail to pay.
Short Term Rental Restrictions Continued
As we have seen, an HOA cannot just decide that it wants to prohibit short-term rentals one day. The prohibition must be grounded in some authority derived from the community declaration. For the most part, a community with an existing rental restriction in its mandate will have the right to enforce the regulation.
Why You Should Volunteer for a Nonprofit Board Part II
Did you know that you don't have to be interested or involved in a specific cause to serve on a nonprofit board of directors? The fact is that there are lots of nonprofits right in your community that has vacancies on their boards of directors. A great deal of the time, they don't even require prior experience. Read on to learn more!
Why You Should Volunteer for a Nonprofit Board Part I
Did you know that you don't have to be interested or involved in a specific cause to serve on a nonprofit board of directors? The fact is that there are lots of nonprofits right in your community that has vacancies on their boards of directors. A great deal of the time, they don't even require prior experience.
What Tasks Do Community Association Management Companies Handle?
The board's job is to make decisions. HOA association management companies work on the association's behalf. Management companies have no decision-making power over the HOA. However, they do act at the board's behest. The management's job is to carry them out.