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Smart ways to handle a budget surplus

Beleaguered by assessment delinquencies and mortgage foreclosures, many community associations struggled this year to make financial ends meet. Others face an entirely different problem: What should they do with leftover...
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Relaxing the rules on condo rentals

One of the early issues tackled by the new Kedvale Gardens Condominium Association in 2004 was renters. The board decided that up to six units, or 15 percent, of the...
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Smart ways to handle a budget surplus

Beleaguered by assessment delinquencies and mortgage foreclosures, many community associations struggled this year to make financial ends meet. Others face an entirely different problem: What should they do with leftover...
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Budgeting advice for community associations

Sure signs of autumn at community associations: Swimming pools are closed, school buses are back, leaf blowers are buzzing and boards are hammering out their budgets for the coming year....
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For condo associations, smoking ban hits home

As smoking restrictions become increasingly widespread, smokers find the last place they can indulge freely is at home. Perhaps not for long if that home is a condominium. Associations are...
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Better training of board members bolsters association

Patrick Hohman was president of his aging brick condominium community in Louisville, Ky., when he realized the property needed serious renovation. Winter utility costs were up 250 percent over a...
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Association survey shows upbeat mood

Most folks are pretty happy with their community associations, according to a recent national survey from the Community Associations Institute. They think their boards are doing a fine job, their...
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Economics, efficiency driving push for paperless

When Brawley Reishman founded his property management company a couple of years ago, a primary goal was to be as paperless as possible. He is environmentally sensitive, and he didn't...
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Signs of an ailing community association

Unless your community association is perched on the rare brink of collapse, it's hard to tell whether you're in good financial health. Benchmarks are few, and because associations vary widely...