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Often, expectations are not met when dealing with vendors. These tips will help you get the most from your contractor.

Find out what covenant restrictions mean for your association and get tips on how to communicate their importance to homeowners.

Ready for a change? Bringing on new management should be a seamless switch. Start by asking the right questions.

Enforcing community rules can be challenging. But ensuring residents abide by a community’s policies can actually improve the resident experience. Get 6 top tips now!

Ensuring residents abide by a community’s policies or the community's rules can improve the resident experience. Check out our tips!

Ensuring residents abide by a community’s policies or the community's rules can improve the resident experience. Check out our tips!

The right support, personality and set of expectations from your community are critical for your management team to deliver exceptional results. Does yours have what it takes?

As a board member, you care about your community’s preparedness. Investing in flood insurance in Florida is one of the best ways to protect your community.

As a board member, you care about your community’s preparedness. Investing in flood insurance is one of the best ways to protect your community.

As a board member, discover what you need to know about floods and how flood insurance can help mitigate expenses caused by a flood.

As a board member, discover what you need to know about floods and how flood insurance can help mitigate expenses caused by a flood.

Owning a home in a community association carries both advantages and obligations. Many individuals find a reassuring sense of structure and harmony in residing within a neighborhood overseen by a Homeowners Association (HOA). However, this structured way of life typically entails a collection of guidelines and regulations known as the HOA bylaws.

It can be tough to balance festive and tasteful, when it comes to holiday décor. Setting policies for decorating will help maintain peace and goodwill for all within your association.

It can be tough to balance festive and tasteful, when it comes to holiday décor. Setting policies for decorating will help maintain peace and goodwill for all within your association.

When hiring contractors for services within your community, a solid understanding of the vendor contracts is crucial for the success of a project. Depending on the type of project or service you are hiring for, your association may or may not require a bidding process. Soliciting bids is done in an effort to identify the provider that can best complete the work according to the association’s needs and within the given budget.

While there is no one perfect process, since every community is different, we do have 8 universal secrets to help streamline your community’s budget process.

Association board meetings are the foundation for effective governance of the community. These gatherings serve as the platform where board members, homeowners, and the management team come together to address a range of critical issues, foster community engagement, and ensure the smooth operation of the association.

Dive into our comprehensive guide on how to create a strong property management agreement. Discover essential clauses and tips. Get started today!

Although there are mixed opinions about whether the CTA applies to condo and HOAs, FirstService Residential is proactively assisting board members serving condo and HOAs in understanding and navigating this act.