Home is where the heart is, sure – but it’s also where most of where any given owner or shareholder’s money is. For most people, their home represents their single biggest investment. And in a community association, both individual units an…

Whether it’s a balcony, terrace, patio or roof deck, outdoor space is many an apartment owner’s dream.  Desirable – and valuable – as they are, these spaces do present specific maintenance considerations for individual owners, co-op corpora…

Cities are crowded. That’s a simple fact. In the best of circumstances, there’s noise, dirt, dust, and the usual urban pests. Add to that the construction of a new building next to or nearby yours, and annoyance can quickly become overwhelm…

Most board members are not legal professionals. They're volunteers, and may have plenty of useful expertise, but when it comes to legal issues facing their building or HOA, it's easy to fumble - and those fumbles can be costly. In this clip…

Unless it wants to face the wrath of the law  (i.e., a fine of up to several hundred dollars), every residential building in New York City must recycle . While the bar for doing the bare minimum is quite easy to clear, dedication to and…

Co-ops and condominiums are subject to more and more legislation affecting how they govern and interact with shareholders and unit owners. In fact, boards and residents alike should be aware of several new laws and regulations that have rec…

Updated 2/25/19 In one week alone, two New York City condo buildings will be going 'Trump'-less, another indication of President Donald Trump's  unpopularity in his home state.  The Washington Post reported that the residents at 220 …

Everyone wants to feel safe and secure in their homes -- but it's easy to get carried away and waste resources on over-the-top security measures that may not actually be warranted. In this segment, multifamily security pros discuss how they…

Unlike the residential markets in Manhattan and Brooklyn, co-op and condo sales in Queens have shown some resilience in 2018 -- but signs of trouble may be beginning to materialize.   According to Douglas Elliman’s recent fourth quarter …

In a New York TImes “Ask Real Estate” letter from last December, a co-op shareholder lamented the sorry state of her 10-unit building: the board president was abdicating his position with no willing successor, and the managing agent w…