With cold weather looming just around the corner, now is the ideal time to begin winterizing your condo’s fire protection system. When temperatures drop, sprinkler pipes and other system components become extremely vulnerable to freezing. This is problematic not only because it makes safety systems less effective, but it also increases the risk of serious water damage as a result of bursting pip... read more

To most homeowners, their residence is their single most important investment, not to mention their place of rest and relaxation. This is why the board of directors for each community association is challenged with the dilemma of protecting property values while enabling homeowners to have freedom of personal expression. How does the board of directors maintain property values achieved through aes... read more

Letter to the Editor, RE: Finance: Finding the right line of credit for your association’s repairs, by Karyn Mann, June 2008 edition. I read this article with great interest. However, this article did seem to omit one important facet of the type of credit that may be available to associations: What is required by lenders to secure such a loan? During past decades lending institutions typica... read more