Condo Association Budget Season Tips: How to Cut Costs and Increase your Reserves (without raising assessments)

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Condo Association Budget Season Tips: How to Cut Costs and Increase your Reserves One of the most important duties of the community association treasurer is to take the lead on reviewing and approving the annual budget.  This annual duty is quite possibly the most important function of the treasurer.  Typically, the draft recommended budget is […]

Top 10 ways for Community Association Boards to Increase Effectiveness and Productivity

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By Salvatore Sciacca – Chicago Property Services Are you feeling overwhelmed and overworked as a board member of a community association? Do you feel underpaid?  Do you feel like there is not enough time to address the never-ending issues that keep popping up within your community?  Do you wish there was a way to become more […]

Best Practices for Board Members: When Should You Replace A Hot Water Tank or Boiler System for your Condo Association?

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Are you a board member of a condo, townhome or HOA community association?    Or perhaps you are a homeowner serving on a capital improvements committee?  One of the most important questions to ask is when to replace a capital item such as a hot water tank or a boiler heating system. If your building doesn’t […]

What are the Top Industry Organizations Dedicated to Condo/Townhome/HOA Community Association Living?

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Are you a board member of a condo or townhome association?  Or perhaps you serve on the board of an HOA otherwise known as a homeowner’s association?  Perhaps you are a property manager looking to enhance your knowledge of the community association industry?  Or maybe you are looking to get into property management as you […]

Condo Association Best Practices: Preventative Maintenance. Penny Wise Or a Pound Foolish?

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Now that community living has become mainstream, it is more essential than ever for the board of directors and the management company to run the operations of the association in a proactive manner. Of course, the term proactive could mean many different things to many different people. Proactive could mean ensuring that the building insurance […]

Condo Association Board Members WANTED! Don’t miss the 37th Annual CAI IL Condo-HOA Conference & Expo on Feb. 22nd and 23rd

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Are you a board member or homeowner looking to educate yourself about community living?   Do you enjoy learning about the latest technologies addressing community association living?  Are you looking to meeting representatives from various community association management companies?  Are you looking for a new roofing vendor?  Do you love community living?  Are you looking to […]

Chicago Property Services Celebrates 17 years of Community Management Services

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Chicago Property Services is excited to announce that it has provided over 17 years of community management services to Chicago based condo, townhome and HOA associations. Founded in 2001 by Salvatore J. Sciacca, Chicago Property Services continues to provide personalized condo management services to small to mid-sized associations around the Chicagoland area. The current portfolio […]

Condo Lifestyles Presents the 2018 State of the Community Association Industry: Thursday, December 13th, Chicago Cultural Center 11am-3pm

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Are you serving on the board of directors for a condo, townhome or HOA association?  Do you want to learn about the latest legal statutes affecting condo association living?  Do you want to hear from industry experts about the latest trends in community condo association living?   Please consider participating in the annual Condo Lifestyles […]

Chicago Property Services now offers the BEST Condo Association Management Services Plan: the ZEN PLUS plan

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Chicago Property Services is pleased to announce the new ZEN PLUS Community management services plan.  Do you serve on the board of directors for a condo, townhome or HOA assocaition?  Do you live in a condo association from 15 units to 100 units.  This is the ultimate stress-reducing management services plan for Condo/Townhome community associations. […]