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Rebuilding Your Community After a Major Storm
Rebuilding Your Community After a Major Storm
Sep 13, 2017As homeowners associations (HOAs) in south Texas recently discovered first hand, it doesn’t always matter what kind of preparation your community makes before a powerful hurricane strikes. The effects can still be devastating – even after the storm loses strength. Learn more about the steps your HOA board should take to expedite the recovery process and how your management company can make a difference in helping to rebuild your community. -
Seven Ways to Stretch Your Community Landscaping Dollars
HOA Landscape Budget: Seven Ways to Lower Your HOA Landscaping Cost
Aug 24, 2017What can you do to reduce landscaping costs and use your dollars more effectively? Fortunately, a lot! Discover seven simple ideas to help preserve the green around your grounds and in your budget. -
Four Ways to Get More From Your HOA Budget
Four Tips to Maximize HOA Budgets During HOA Budget Planning
Aug 11, 2017Finding ways to maximize savings for your association is an important role of an HOA board member. If you’re not sure where to begin looking for opportunities to save money and increase value for your community, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve identified four areas of your budget you may be able to significantly impact – if you plan ahead.
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The Big Deal about Short-Term Rentals in Texas Communities
Texas Supreme Court: Short-Term Rentals in Communities
Jul 28, 2017Online rental businesses like Airbnb and VRBO have been actively supporting the shared economy and petitioning for standardized regulation of short-term rentals in Texas and across the US. Learn how this trend can impact your community. -
Weather a Texas-Sized Storm with the Right HOA Insurance
Weather a Texas-Sized Storm with the Right HOA Insurance
Jul 27, 2017As we say in Texas, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait; it will change soon enough.” Yes, the weather can be fickle in our state, and we Texans do enjoy discussing its variable nature. For members of a homeowners association (HOA) near the Gulf Coast, the conversation this time of year probably turns to the likelihood of a major storm, hurricane or “gully-washer.” And if you are on your HOA’s board of directors, you may also be posing the question, “Is our community prepared to weather a big storm?” -
Keep Your HOA Community Safe During Summer Vacations
Keep Your HOA Community Safe During Summer Vacations
Jun 30, 2017Summertime: It’s the perfect season to hit the road, relax, spend time with family and friends or embark on a new adventure. Although you hope that residents in your community have fun on their summer vacations, you also want to make sure that their homes stay safe and that they continue to fulfill their responsibilities to the association. Whether yours is a condominium, master-planned or single-family community, follow these tips to help your residents prepare their homes in a way that protects it and the community while they are away. -
Prioritizing and Managing Community Maintenance and Improvement Needs
Jun 12, 2017Handling day-to-day maintenance and making necessary improvements are critical responsibilities for any homeowners association (HOA). And when your serve on your association’s board of directors, they can quickly become overwhelming if you don’t have a good system in place to manage them. So how do you make sure that your maintenance staff is able to handle that long list of tasks that need to get done so that your community runs smoothly and retains its appeal? -
Five Ways to Bring Home Lifestyle Programs to Your HOA
May 15, 2017Have you ever wondered what makes some homeowners association (HOA) communities such appealing places to live? It could be their location or maybe their amenities. Most likely, it’s also due to a thriving lifestyle program that connects residents and helps to foster lasting relationships within the community.
“Even for the smallest of communities, there is tremendous value in developing lifestyle programming,” notes Terry Bascher, vice president of onsite management for FirstService Residential Texas. “Lifestyle programs bring people together while strengthening bonds that increase camaraderie.” -
Tips to Manage an Exceptional HOA Event
Apr 04, 2017No matter what the reason, bringing residents and owners together for an event in your Texas community can be a lot of fun. To help make the planning as fun as the function itself, we’ve put together a list of simple tips. Whether you live in a high-rise condo, or a master-planned community, applying these strategies will make your event a memorable occasion for all the right reasons. -
HOA Landscaping and Property Maintenance Tips to Add More Green to Community Property Values
Mar 21, 2017It’s often said that you should never judge a book by its cover. However, the front-line curb appeal of a community can make a difference in the value of every property in a neighborhood. This is one reason current and potential homeowners consider landscaping and common-area maintenance so important.