State of the Boardroom: When Two People Are Doing the Work of Five
A healthy board should be able to survive the departure of any one director. That is much harder when most of the work and institutional knowledge sit with one or two people.
State of the Boardroom: When Two People Are Doing the Work of Five
A healthy board should be able to survive the departure of any one director. That is much harder when most of the work and institutional knowledge sit with one or two people.
The Cost of Belonging
A rising home value does not always mean rising household income. Good governance has to fund the community responsibly without forgetting the people who have to absorb the cost.
A Welcome Is More Than Courtesy
The first message a new owner gets from the association should not be a violation notice. A simple welcome can prevent confusion, build trust, and make the harder conversations easier when they come.
What Good Boards Do With Bad News
Bad news tests more than a board’s decision-making. It tests how well the association communicates, handles uncertainty, and learns from what went wrong.
10 Things HOAs Have Tried to Ban — and Sometimes Successfully
Here are ten things HOAs have tried to ban, restrict, remove, or regulate — sometimes successfully, sometimes spectacularly not.
A $977 Debt and a $450,000 Home
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Responsible governance means matching the response to the problem — especially when a home is at stake.
Good Neighborhoods Don’t Run Themselves
It is easy to assume that this is simply what a well-run community looks like. Usually, it is the result of years of work that most people never see.
“We’re Just Volunteers” Is Not a Governance Strategy
Good boards do not pretend to know everything. They build habits that make not knowing less dangerous.
Why Five Volunteers Are Running a Public Works Department
You may have joined the board to help your neighbors. Somewhere along the way, you discovered you were also running a very small public works department.
How a Garden Became a $135,000 Dispute
A board does not lose authority by choosing restraint. Sometimes restraint is the better use of that authority.
Welcome to The HOA Board Next Door
Good neighborhoods do not run themselves. Neither do good associations.