Volunteering your time as a board member on an HOA or any other type of nonprofit organization might seem like a helpful way to selflessly spend your time, but are your contributions really beneficial? If some of these traits look familiar, your volunteer work might be doing more harm than good.
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The transition from developer control to independent owner control
The transition from developer control to independent owner control for condominiums and homeowners associations is not just a matter of electing new board members. The full transition process involves a review of financial, management, and maintenance issues to make sure that the newly empowered board members understand the true fiscal and physical condition of the association.
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The Importance of Networking and Education for Managers
Just as important as it is in the business world, branding and marketing is equally important in the community association industry. [Read more…] about The Importance of Networking and Education for Managers
A Happy Manager is a Productive Manager:
The relationship between a board of directors and a community manager is a business relationship. In any good relationship, whether personal or business, there is a reasonable expectation of treatment of all parties involved. Since the manager has been hired by the association’s board of directors, there is an expectation that the manager will show respect to the board members as they are, in essence, the manager’s bosses. Unfortunately, if respect is not reciprocated toward the manager from the board, the business relationship can become weakened.