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Make Sure Your Clients Give Proper Notice When Attempting to Remove a Tenant’s Dog

A Connecticut condo association board tried to force the removal of a dog after holding multiple hearings and concluding it was vicious (Copper Square Ass’n, Inc. v. Bonell). But a court found the board dropped the ball and denied to order removal. The case involved a dog named Bo, who lived with a tenant in…

Lack of Notice Comes Back to Bite Association in Removal of Tenant’s Dog

A Connecticut condo association board tried to force the removal of a dog after holding multiple hearings and concluding it was vicious (Copper Square Ass’n, Inc. v. Bonell). But a court found the board dropped the ball and denied to order removal. Read on to learn the kinds of mistakes your clients need to avoid…

Foreclosure Missteps Can End Up Costing Your HOA Clients

An HOA in North Carolina recently learned a tough — and expensive — lesson about the potential pitfalls of noncompliance with statutory requirements for foreclosure. As the result of a misstep not even truly of the association’s own making, the foreclosure was reversed, and the association wound up on the hook for the owners’ attorneys’…

Help Your Association Clients Get a Handle on Tenant Violations

Are your association clients struggling to enforce against tenant violations in their communities? With residential rents skyrocketing across the country, more owners are looking to get into the rental game — and, in turn, more associations are seeing a jump in the number of tenant violations. Owners sometimes fail to think about the role of…

4 Technology Tools to Improve Your Association Management Operations

Community association management firms often tend to drag their feet on adopting the latest technological innovations, to the detriment of themselves and their clients. “Our industry historically has been a little behind the curve when it comes to pushing for more advanced technology. There are only a small handful of technology companies in our space,”…

Failure to Follow Foreclosure Rules to the T Can Cost Your Clients

An HOA in North Carolina recently learned a tough — and expensive — lesson about the potential pitfalls of noncompliance with statutory requirements for foreclosure. As the result of a misstep not even truly of the association’s own making, the foreclosure was reversed, and the association wound up on the hook for the owners’ attorneys’…

How to Deal with Tenant Violations of Covenants

With residential rents skyrocketing across the country, more owners are looking to get into the rental game — and, in turn, more associations are seeing a jump in the number of tenant violations. Read on to learn how your clients can take steps to reduce the risk of renters breaking rules they may not even…

Contingency Planning Essentials For Your Association Clients

Do your association clients have a contingency plan in place to prepare for extreme events? After several years of catastrophic weather, a global pandemic, civil disobedience, and violence, the need for contingency planning in community associations seems obvious — but many associations, and some managers, continue to stick their heads in the sand. “Both the…

Top Technology Trends for Improving Your Profitability

Community association management firms often tend to drag their feet on adopting the latest technological innovations, to the detriment of themselves and their clients. “Our industry historically has been a little behind the curve when it comes to pushing for more advanced technology. There are only a small handful of technology companies in our space,”…

Help Your Clients Get on Board with Contingency Planning

After several years of catastrophic weather, a global pandemic, civil disobedience, and violence, the need for contingency planning in community associations seems obvious — but many associations, and some managers, continue to stick their heads in the sand. “Both the management industry and associations can do so much better, and I learned that first-hand coming…