Wednesday, 1 February 2012

On Property Management

By Alisia Woodlin


Home owners are met with a number of obligations, including the overall up-keep of their property and the neighborhood in which they live. In order to make sure that the neighborhood remains pristine, some communities select certain residents to sit on a committee.

All residents of a community should feel free to inform the board of their ideas for further upgrading the neighborhood. The purpose of the committee, after all, is to give neighborhood residents an open forum in which to share their input. Given that homeowners are generally quite busy with everyday personal obligations, it can often behoove the board to pay an outside firm to manage their finances and daily tasks. Firms that manage these sorts of tasks for community boards, and property owners, are known as property management services.

There are many benefits for neighborhoods who hire a property management firm. Primarily, property management firms let community board members devote more of their time to their homes and families, and far less time to busywork and red-tape. Property management firms are committed to maintaining every community they manage, and will correct all problems promptly at any time. Should a problem arise with a community amenity, including a swimming pool, gym, or children's playground, residents can feel free to contact the property management firm instead of contacting a neighborhood board member at a potentially inconvenient time.

Additionally, the property management service will keep tabs on the neighborhood association's financial fitness, and will know what improvements the community can afford at any given time. Property management services can lend a hand in determining the neighborhood's financial fitness for both current and future betterment projects. The property management service will also oversee and keep records of any monthly bills paid by the community. The property management service will, at any given time, be able to tell the neighborhood board how much money is available in their accounts; this alleviates stress for board members, as they will have assurance that their funds are being well-tended.

The money in a community association's accounts generally comes from annual dues collected by each homeowner in the community.Property management firms can also oversee the collection of homeowners' annual dues. By letting the property management service oversee annual dues collection, committee members do not have to stress about potential confrontations with homeowners who do not pay their apportionment. The property management firm will ascertain that the neighborhood's money is being spent in a manner that pleases all homeowners in the community. A representative from the property management firm will attend all community association or board meetings, and will allow all residents the chance to vote on how funds are spent.Under the charge of a property management firm, neighborhoods can truly function smoothly.




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