Community Management: Quality First
4 Tips to Get Top Service from Your HOA Management Company
“The better the relationship between a homeowners association and its management company, the happier everybody will be,” says Andrew Ginsburg, regional vice president at The Lynd Co. in Miami, FL, who’s worked with more than 20 homeowners associations.
Easier said than done, you might say. Here are tips for making those words ring true at your association.
1. Know what you’re paying for.
Making the Outside-Managed vs. Self-Managed Decision
Many homeowners associations face the question of whether to be professionally managed in the first place. Often, when associations are self-managed, board members find that they spend so much time on association business that it seems to be take over their lives. Other associations that have hired management companies question whether the company provides enough value to justify the cost. Whatever your association‟s status, it may be time to evaluate the pros and cons of hiring a management company.
The pros of professional management are easy to list.