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2022 Winter/Expo Tenants, Subleasing, & Non-Resident Owners Striking a Balance That Works for All
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2022 Winter/Expo Changing Property Managers Finding the Right Professional for Your Community
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2022 Winter/Expo Electronic Voting New Options Can Boost Association Election Participation
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Tenants, Subleasing, & Non-Resident Owners

Striking a Balance That Works for All

In the world of owned residential communities like co-ops, condominiums, and HOAs, the issue of leased or sublet units i…
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Electronic Voting

New Options Can Boost Association Election Participation

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2022 Winter/Expo

Changing Property Managers

Finding the Right Professional for Your Community

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2021 Winter/Expo

Environmental Irritants

Managing Allergens & Indoor Air Quality

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2021 Winter/Expo

40-Year Building Inspections

Is Your Condo Ready?

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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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2022 Fall

Safeguarding Your Reserves

Key to the Financial Health of Your Association

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As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

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

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As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

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



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CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

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Florida HOA Boards Cleared to Use Emergency Powers Statutes

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Dealing With Coronavirus Exposure

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Knowing When to Call Your Manager

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Communicate...and Then OVERcommunicate

Communicate...and Then OVERcommunicate

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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…
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Emergency Management

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Vulnerable Residents

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Coronavirus & COVID-19

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Keeping Track of Paperwork

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Financial, Physical, & Operational Health

How Does Your Association Measure Up?

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Supporting Essential Building Workers

Showing Your Staff You Care

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Trends in Multifamily Building Technology

Building Systems Better

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2021 October

40-Year Building Inspections

Is Your Condo Ready?

Care and Maintenance of Skylights

Care and Maintenance of Skylights

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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…
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Identifying Leaks

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Sinkholes!
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Managing Owners' Renovations

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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…
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2021 Winter/Expo

Trends in Multifamily Building Technology

Building Systems Better

Plumbing the Depths
2014 November

Plumbing the Depths

Pipes, Drains and Your HOA's Water Supply

Your Building's Anatomy
2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Building Functioning

Do It Yourself…Or Not?
2013 November

Do It Yourself…Or Not?

When To Call a Pro!



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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

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What Your Board Should Know

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One Size Does Not Fit All!

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Design for All

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New Life for Unused Rooms

Re-Tooling Common Areas

Uncommon Areas

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The Insurance Information Institute

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9/26/2023  The Man Who Trapped Us in Databases—The New York Times
9/26/2023  The Man Who Trapped Us in Databases—The New York Times
One Saturday night a decade ago in South Florida, hundreds of mourners filed into the Boca Raton Resort & Club, a pink palazzo relic of the Roaring ’20s, and settled at tables in its Grand Ballroom.
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9/26/2023  Condo association for Caribbean Isles Villas in Miami-Dade under investigation for neglect, handling of funds—CBS News
9/26/2023  Condo association for Caribbean Isles Villas in Miami-Dade under investigation for neglect, handling of funds—CBS News
A community in disrepair demands change.
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9/18/2023  The Latest Cool Amenity? A Name Brand. How About Porsche?—New York Times
9/18/2023  The Latest Cool Amenity? A Name Brand. How About Porsche?—New York Times
Chart a 10-mile path down the Miami coast, and the options for luxury shopping are endless.
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9/18/2023  Proposed high-rise condo tower in the heart of Miami Beach debated at meeting—NBC 6 News
9/18/2023  Proposed high-rise condo tower in the heart of Miami Beach debated at meeting—NBC 6 News
The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board held a meeting Tuesday regarding a new proposed high-rise condominium tower by the Ritz Carlton-Sagamore Ownership Group.
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9/18/2023  Suspect arrested in fatal shooting inside condo in Delray Beach—WFLX News
9/18/2023  Suspect arrested in fatal shooting inside condo in Delray Beach—WFLX News
A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a man among a group of people in a condominium unit early Wednesday, Delray Beach police said.
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9/18/2023  Police: Man steals from Miami condo residents while serving as association president—WPLG News
9/18/2023  Police: Man steals from Miami condo residents while serving as association president—WPLG News
A former condo association president stands accused of stealing from the residents of the Blue On The Bay, a gleaming curved 34-story tower overlooking Biscayne Bay, next to Interstate 95, in Miami.
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9/12/2023  Attorney: Former Key Biscayne condo manager will plead not guilty in alleged fee theft—Key Biscayne Independent
9/12/2023  Attorney: Former Key Biscayne condo manager will plead not guilty in alleged fee theft—Key Biscayne Independent
The former EmeraldBay condominium manager Maria Ferrer Rodriguez plans to plead not guilty and go to trial on charges of stealing maintenance fees from a unit owner, her attorney said in court Monday.
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9/12/2023  Miami condo owners say they're being forced out of their homes—CBS News
9/12/2023  Miami condo owners say they're being forced out of their homes—CBS News
Condo owners at Biscayne 21 received a notice last Friday that their building services would be discontinued.
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9/7/2023  Investigators say probe into Surfside condo collapse will be completed by 2025—NBC6 South Florida
9/7/2023  Investigators say probe into Surfside condo collapse will be completed by 2025—NBC6 South Florida
The probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people in South Florida should be completed by the fourth anniversary of the disaster, federal officials said Thursday.
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9/6/2023  Kings Point tornado victims still hampered by insurance 'nightmare' year later—WPTV News
9/6/2023  Kings Point tornado victims still hampered by insurance 'nightmare' year later—WPTV News
Victims of a tornado that hit the Kings Point senior community near Delray Beach last year are still picking up the pieces.
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9/6/2023  Man found dead, pinned under vehicle at west Miami-Dade condo complex—WPLG News
9/6/2023  Man found dead, pinned under vehicle at west Miami-Dade condo complex—WPLG News
Police are investigating the death of a man found pinned underneath a vehicle in a west Miami-Dade condominium parking lot Monday afternoon.
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9/6/2023  Delray Beach HOA Files Foreclosure Complaint Over $5200—Boca News Now
9/6/2023  Delray Beach HOA Files Foreclosure Complaint Over $5200—Boca News Now
A Delray Beach condominium owner is the latest South Palm Beach County resident to learn that if you live in community with an association, you need to pay the association.
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9/6/2023  New building in Surfside could put garbage pickup, loading dock next to memorial—CBS News
9/6/2023  New building in Surfside could put garbage pickup, loading dock next to memorial—CBS News
A luxury condo project at the site where the Champlain Towers South collapsed is causing outrage among some relatives of the 98 victims of the tragedy of June 2021.
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8/31/2023  Miami-Dade home, condo sales prices rise in double digits—Miami Today
8/31/2023  Miami-Dade home, condo sales prices rise in double digits—Miami Today
Single-family home sales in Miami-Dade fell 8.9% in July from July 2022 and condo sales fell 17.1% year over year, Miami Realtors said.
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8/31/2023  Man accused of molesting 8-year-old girl at luxury Aventura condo's pool—NBC 6 News
8/31/2023  Man accused of molesting 8-year-old girl at luxury Aventura condo's pool—NBC 6 News
A man was arrested after he was accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl at a luxury Aventura condo building's pool, police said.
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8/31/2023  Lightning kills 73-year-old walking across parking lot to her condo, Florida cops say—Miami Herald
8/31/2023  Lightning kills 73-year-old walking across parking lot to her condo, Florida cops say—Miami Herald
An unresponsive 73-year-old woman found outside a Florida condominium building is the nation’s 10th lightning fatality of 2023, according to the National Lightning Safety Council.
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8/31/2023  Crane Heights Submitted To FAA For 57-Story Casa Bella—The Next Miami
8/31/2023  Crane Heights Submitted To FAA For 57-Story Casa Bella—The Next Miami
The proposed heights of two tower cranes at the construction site for the 57-story Casa Bella by B&B Italia condo tower have been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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8/22/2023  More residents ordered to leave after 3rd Pembroke Pines condo building deemed unsafe—NBC6 South Florida
8/22/2023  More residents ordered to leave after 3rd Pembroke Pines condo building deemed unsafe—NBC6 South Florida
Another building of a Pembroke Pines condominium has been deemed unsafe Wednesday, and residents living there have 10 days to vacate.
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8/22/2023  Pair uses pooch as distraction to pilfer packages at Miami Beach condo—Local 10 News
8/22/2023  Pair uses pooch as distraction to pilfer packages at Miami Beach condo—Local 10 News
Residents are calling it “The Pooch and the Packages.”
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8/22/2023  Construction Permit Issued At The Crosby Miami Worldcenter, With 450 Condos—Next Miami
8/22/2023  Construction Permit Issued At The Crosby Miami Worldcenter, With 450 Condos—Next Miami
Miami’s Building Department issued a construction permit last week for The Crosby at Miami Worldcenter.
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