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Management

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Environmental Irritants

Managing Allergens & Indoor Air Quality

For nearly two years now, the pandemic has dominated just about every corner of multifamily community management—particu…

Management

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2021 Winter/Expo

40-Year Building Inspections

Is Your Condo Ready?

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2021 October

Keeping an Often Digital Paper Trail

Best Practices for Maintaining Community Association Records

2020 October

Supporting Essential Building Workers

How to Show Your Staff You Care

Reopening Your Community

IREM Offers a Roadmap

Finance

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As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

Monthly Fees for Co-ops & Condos Up All Over the U.S.

The Community Associations Institute (CAI) estimates that 74 million Americans live in communities managed by homeowners…

Finance

Co-op & Condo Financing

Looking for Loans

As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

Monthly Fees for Co-ops & Condos Up All Over the U.S.

2020 October

Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Crisis

An Option to (Carefully!) Consider

Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Crisis

An Option to (Carefully!) Consider

On The Board

Airbnb vs. COVID-19

Governors, Boards & Residents Support Short-Term Rental Ban

Editor’s Note: During this crisis, The Cooperator family of publications will be passing along information, tips, and FA…

CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

Calls for 'Flexibility, Understanding, and Business Continuity'

Florida HOA Boards Cleared to Use Emergency Powers Statutes

DBPR Issues Emergency Order

March 26, 2020

Dealing With Coronavirus Exposure

Board Powers & Limitations

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

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Pet Peeves

Making & Enforcing Fair Pet Rules

Time was, if you said that a co-op or condo building was ‘going to the dogs,’ it was a bad thing. These days, however, t…

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

March 20, 2020

Vulnerable Residents

Safety for All

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos and HOAs Do?

2014 January

Knowing When to Call Your Manager

Managing Day-to-Day Priorities

Communicate...and Then OVERcommunicate

Tips for Getting Residents Involved, Engaged, & Informed

A few years ago, I was on the phone with a homeowner. He was irate with how his community’s money was being spent. He wa…

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

March 20, 2020

Vulnerable Residents

Safety for All

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos and HOAs Do?

2014 February

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing Association Records

Maintenance

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Financial, Physical, & Operational Health

How Does Your Association Measure Up?

In early 2020, our firm was hired to prepare a reserve study for an unremarkable 136-unit, 12-story condominium in south…

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2021 Winter/Expo

Supporting Essential Building Workers

Showing Your Staff You Care

2021 Winter/Expo

Trends in Multifamily Building Technology

Building Systems Better

Home problem, building problem wall cracked need to repair hurry up

2021 October

40-Year Building Inspections

Is Your Condo Ready?

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2021 October

Elevator Refurbishment

Managing a Major Service Disruption

Supporting Essential Building Workers

Showing Your Staff You Care

Over the last year and a half, the boards, managers, and residents of condos, HOAs, and other multifamily communities ha…

2021 Winter/Expo

Trends in Multifamily Building Technology

Building Systems Better

2014 November

Plumbing the Depths

Pipes, Drains and Your HOA's Water Supply

2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Building Functioning

2013 November

Do It Yourself…Or Not?

When To Call a Pro!

Care and Maintenance of Skylights

Keeping a Value-Adding Amenity From Being a Liability

No matter what time of year, the addition of natural light into a living space can do more to boost the spirits of its o…

2017 April

Identifying Leaks

Stopping Water Damage in Its Tracks

2017 April

Sinkholes!

When the Ground Gives Way

2017 April

Exterior Inspections

How’s Your Facade?

2016 March

Managing Owners' Renovations

Tear Down This Wall

Insurance

Cooperator Expo South Florida Returns to Ft. Lauderdale

South Florida's Biggest & Best Condo, HOA & Apartment Expo

Property Insurance Basics

What Boards Need to Know

Understanding Your Coverage

Common Terms and Options for Insurance

Homesharing and Insurance

What Your Board Should Know

Identifying Insurance Options

One Size Does Not Fit All!

Design

Design for All

The Functionality of Universal Design

Splish-Splash

Enhancing Your Community with Water Features

New Life for Unused Rooms

Re-Tooling Common Areas

Uncommon Areas

Sprucing Up Shared Spaces

Organizations

The Insurance Information Institute

A One-Stop Resource for Florida Homeowners

The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association

Leading Florida's Green Industry

The National Fire Protection Association

Working to Stop Fires Before They Start

The Florida Swimming Pool Association

Training, Education and Professionalism for Pool Administrators

Aiming for Green

A Look at the US Green Buildings Council

News

7/25/2022 Two Teens in Custody After Fatally Shooting Man, 67, Near Coral Gables Condo Building

Two teens were taken into custody after a man was shot and killed near a condominium building in Coral Gables on Friday morning, leading to a pursuit and large police perimeter in Coconut Grove.
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7/20/2022 “Mind-boggling”: Condo owners in South Beach face millions of dollars in special assessments—The Real Deal South Florida

Unit owners at at least two condo towers in Miami Beach are facing millions of dollars in special assessments to pay for restoration and renovation work, an issue affecting dozens of properties across South Florida.
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7/20/2022 3 bodies found after 911 caller reports blood seeping from condo—WNDU News

Police officers responding to a 911 call found three people dead in a Florida condominium in what is being investigated as a domestic dispute.
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7/20/2022 Hines, Frisbie Group Secure Site In WPB For Condo Development—Bisnow

Hines and Frisbie Group have dropped $41.5M on a West Palm Beach development site where they intend to build the South Flagler House luxury condominiums.
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7/14/2022 New Requirements Could Impact Overloaded Milestone Inspection System—NBC 6 South Florida

The deadly building collapse of the Champlain Towers South pushed state and local governments to start taking a closer look at the condition of older buildings.
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7/14/2022 NE Miami-Dade woman says condo HOA ordered doorbell camera removed after video of theft involving security guard goes viral—WSVN News

A Northeast Miami-Dade homeowner is upset and frustrated after, she said, her condo association told her to remove her doorbell camera, days after another resident’s camera recorded a theft involving the building’s security guard.
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7/14/2022 Delivery man attacked, called racial slur inside Miami condo building—WSVN News

A delivery man said he walked inside a South Florida condo building and was subjected to some terrible treatment.
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7/8/2022 Forest Development and RPC Land $270M For Luxury Condo Near West Palm—Commercial Observer

Forest Development and Dan Kodsi’s Royal Palm Companies scored one of South Florida’s largest construction loans this year, $269 million, for a luxury condo project north of West Palm Beach, Fla.
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7/5/2022 Newgard Lands $170M for Miami Condo Project—Multi-Housing News

Newgard Development Group has secured $170 million in financing for Lofty Brickell, a luxury condominium community in Miami.
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7/5/2022 Man found shot dead in a breezeway at a Broward condominium, police say—Miami Herald

Clayton McFarlane, a 24-year-old native of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in a Tuesday night shooting after witnesses heard an argument, Lauderhill police said.
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6/29/2022 Pool deck leaking into condos?—WSVN News

He lives on the top floor of a condo building with a pool on the roof above him.
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6/29/2022 High-End Thief Targeted Luxury South Florida Condos: Cops—NBC 6 News

A man accused of pulling off multiple burglaries at luxury South Florida condo buildings including one that involved stolen goods worth more than $1 million was behind bars Monday.
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6/24/2022 The Dawn of a New Reality in Condo and Co-op Lending—The MReport

In January of 2022, new Fannie Mae condo and co-op lending guidelines created broad changes in how condo and co-op loans must be underwritten.
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6/24/2022 Fast Rising Mortgage Rates Now Impacting Miami Home, Condo Sales—World Property Journal

The Miami Association of Realtors is reporting this week that Miami-Dade County real estate posted its 10th-highest total existing home sales month in history and its second-best May sales month ever.
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6/24/2022 Miami Condo Residents Protest Association Over Buildings' ‘Alarming' Issues—NBC 6 Miami

Owners of a condominium near Miami International Airport aired their grievances in a protest Thursday over worries about the condition of their buildings, saying there's cracking, roof leaks and other "alarming" issues.
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6/21/2022 Residents told to evacuate for 3 days after fire in mechanical room of Hallandale Beach condo—WSVN7 News

The Hemispheres Condominium has ordered their residents to evacuate the buildings for the next three days.
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6/21/2022 Another Miami Beach building deemed unsafe as one-year mark of condo collapse nears—CBS News

Next Friday marks the one-year mark of the Surfside building collapse.
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6/21/2022 4, including child, found shot dead in Central Florida—CBS News

Four people including a minor were found Tuesday with a gunshot wounds in a condo in Central Florida and eventually died from their injuries in what appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.
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6/21/2022 Officers detain gunman at condo’s balcony in Fort Lauderdale—Local 10 News

A police military-like unit responded to the threat of a gunman who was standing on a balcony at the Drake Tower condominium on Tuesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale.
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6/21/2022 Bank OZK Lends $65M to Finish Boutique Condo in Bay Harbor Islands—Commercial Observer

CMC Group and Morabito Properties nabbed $64.5 million from Bank OZK to complete a residential development in Bay Harbor Islands, north of Miami Beach, property records show.
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