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SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program: Coronavirus Relief Act Offers Loans to Management Companies, Others

Apr 6, 2020 | Article, Association & Management Consulting, Association Management, Attorneys - General Counsel, Banking & Lending, Blog, Common Interest Communities, Community Associations, COVID-19, Financial: Money, Banking, Insurance, Legal, Management Companies, Management Company Resources

Management companies and other vendors hit hard by the coronavirus may have some relief headed their way. On Friday, April 3, 2020, the application process opens for the Small Business Administrations’ Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). This $350 billion emergency program is part of the federal government’s $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief package, officially known as the CARES Act.

Coronavirus & Community Associations

Mar 3, 2020 | Association & Management Consulting, Association Management, Blog, Chapter News, Community Associations, Condominiums, COVID-19, HOAs, Management Company Resources, National CAI, WA State

In Washington State, at least 19 people in King and Snohomish counties had been diagnosed with COVID-19 (as of noon Monday), and 9 people have died. CAI is monitoring the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on community associations on a national level, while WSCAI is monitoring on the local level.

5 Tips for Running an Association Board Meeting

Mar 1, 2018 | Article, Association & Management Consulting, Association Boards, Association Management, Blog, Common Interest Communities, Community Associations, HOAs, Volunteers & Volunteering

Running an effective homeowner’s association (HOA) board meeting is like mastering the zipper merge. When it’s performed properly, everyone knows what they’re supposed to be doing and it looks effortless. It just takes preparation and some practice to get it right.

Plat Maps – A Series For Homeowners Associations

Feb 1, 2017 | Article, Association & Management Consulting, Association Boards, Association Management, Blog, Common Interest Communities, Community Associations, HOAs, Management Company Resources, Property Condition Assessments

As a child I was fascinated by maps. My mom would buy the Thomas Guide every year and I would actually spend hours thumbing through it just for fun (for you young pups out there, the Thomas Guide is what your parents would use to find a Saturday garage sale before GPS was invented). If I had a class in school that involved marking up a map with landmarks, capitols, rivers and mountain ranges, I was confident I’d be acing that project. Dora the Explorer and her map have nothing on me. So how lucky am I, as an adult, to have a job where I can spend time pouring over maps; plat maps that is!