Author: Matt Kopchak

With Winter slowly fading in our rearview mirrors and warmer weather approaching quickly, making changes to daily habits can significantly impact your community's overall health as well as your residents' happiness and wellbeing. Keeping up with maintenance, landscaping, and other ventures in your community is...

    The work of a homeowners association and property management team is an ongoing and ever-changing process. Enhancing the community for the benefit of its residents is really a journey, not a destination. The changing seasons bring with it an opportunity for beautification, outdoor activities, and...

How to Encourage Homeowner Engagement in Your Community An overarching goal for a homeowners association is to establish and promote camaraderie among residents. On the surface, it may seem simple enough. Being neighborly and engaged in the community has benefits not just for the community at...

Whether your association is currently working with a professional management company or you’re a Board member searching for a company to work with for the first time, it can be tricky to know which one is the best for your association. Several association management companies...

When a new year begins, it's an opportunity to pause and reflect on ways to better our communities and professional lives. The process is not always easy or pleasant, but the changes that come from it can mean a world of difference for a homeowner's...

An emergency can happen at any moment. The problem is (outside of the crisis itself) planning for the various types of emergencies. No one could have foreseen spending the majority of 2020 combating the spread of COVID-19. While there is crossover in what's required to...

While we all know the basics of HOA budgeting, we may not fully realize all the implications (to the budget and budget process) of COVID 19; or we may be unsure of how to plan in times of uncertainty.  We move through preparing our operating and...