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The Property Manager’s Guide to Social Distancing by Concierge Plus

The Property Manager’s Guide to Social Distancing by Concierge Plus

  • Posted: Aug 27, 2020
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The Property Manager’s Guide to Social Distancing

by Concierge Plus

COVID-19 is on everyone’s minds right now, and its impacts will be felt for many months to come.

By talking to property managers across North America every day, we have found what’s working and what’s needed to operate your community remotely and virtually.

COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards a digital transformation of property management businesses. Our guide will help you better understand how to operate your community remotely and virtually.

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Property Managers Guide to Social Distancing Front Page

  • How to improve communication channels
  • Why technology made specifically for managers is the best solution
  • The 7 things to look for in  resident portal technology

 

 

We have published this guide to help managers and board members better understand how to serve their residents without being physically present.

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Virtual Happy Hour to Benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by Cohen Law Group  Aug 26th, 2000 5-6PM

Virtual Happy Hour to Benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by Cohen Law Group  Aug 26th, 2000 5-6PM

  • Posted: Aug 24, 2020
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Virtual Happy Hour to Benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by Cohen Law Group  Aug 26th, 2000 5-6PM

*Special Virtual Event: Cohen Law Group  Aug 26th, 2000 5-6PM
Please mark your Calendars
If you can not make it to the Event?

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2020 Legal Update (1 CE credit) – With 2021 Legislative Preview / August 18, 2020  |  10:00 AM by Kaye Bender Rembaum

2020 Legal Update (1 CE credit) – With 2021 Legislative Preview / August 18, 2020  |  10:00 AM by Kaye Bender Rembaum

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2020 Legal Update (1 CE credit) –With 2021 Legislative Preview

by Kaye Bender Rembaum

August 18, 2020  |  10:00 AM

This course helps complete the state requirement for licensed CAMS, many of whom still need their third LU credit before the Sept. 30 deadline. The material is also excellent refresher material for board members. In addition, there will be a preview of the new 2021 legislation affecting community associations.

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Provider #: 0005092  |  Course #: 9630064

1 CE credit in LU

Presented by Allison L. Hertz, Esq., B.C.S. of Kaye Bender Rembaum

 

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Q&A Broward County Emergency Order 20-22 – Impact on Community Associations by Campbell Property Management and Michael Bender from Kaye Bender Rembaum

Q&A Broward County Emergency Order 20-22 – Impact on Community Associations by Campbell Property Management and Michael Bender from Kaye Bender Rembaum

  • Posted: Jul 20, 2020
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Q&A Broward County Emergency Order 20-22 – Impact on Community Associations

WEBINAR Florida Register

Q&A Broward County Emergency Order 20-22 – Impact on Community Associations Cases are rising FAST in Florida. Your Broward County Leaders have reacted to this by imposing new regulations and making existing regulations more restrictive.  Make sure you understand the impact on your Condo or HOA! Join Campbell Property Management and Michael Bender from Kaye Bender Rembaum to learn about Broward County’s latest Emergency Order 20-22 and its impact on community associations during this brief, 30 minute webinar. Thursday, July 23 at 12:00 PM Please submit a question you would like us to answer when you register. We will address as many questions as possible during the webinar. Register Here! This webinar is for Broward County community associations only.

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FREE WEBINAR: Cash Flow in Your Community Association by Mitch Dirmmer of Axela / July 22, 2020 @2:30pm

FREE WEBINAR: Cash Flow in Your Community Association by Mitch Dirmmer of Axela / July 22, 2020 @2:30pm

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FREE WEBINAR: Cash Flow in Your Community Association by Mitch Drimmer of Axela

WEBINAR Florida Register Now

Cash Flow in Your Community Association by Alexa and Guests: Alan Seilhammer, Zed LaCour, and Mitchell Drimmer President, Axela Technologies July 22 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT Register Here If you live in a Condo or HOA, every year the Board of Directors is required to create a budget that will cover all the anticipated expenses (and hopefully they will also fund your reserve budget). If everything goes to plan then your community association is running like a Swiss Watch. If you plan well and accurately, your budget will perform as it should. Yet, as Mike Tyson once said, “Everybody has a plan until they get hit.” Even with the best budgets community associations will be greeted with surprises. Some of these surprises can be natural disasters, significant failures of expensive mechanical installations, an economic downturn resulting in delinquencies, and a host of many other events that are unknown and unpredictable. This Webinar with a Community Association Manager, Banker, and Collections Expert will address what happens and what can be done when a community association finds itself behind from a cash flow perspective. We will discuss how community associations can control and maintain a consistent cash flow.

 

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How Managing Properties Will Change After the COVID-19 Lockdown.  By Concierge Plus

How Managing Properties Will Change After the COVID-19 Lockdown. By Concierge Plus

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How Managing Properties Will Change After the COVID-19 Lockdown

COVID-19 has reshaped the way that we approach many aspects of our lives, and in many cases, has redetermined how we view and manage our spaces, homes and properties. Given the increased attention to how a virus can spread through contact and surfaces, in the reopening process real estate professionals and property managers will have to determine how to ensure that properties are safe so that the virus cannot be easily spread. Below, we’ll discuss how managing properties will change after lockdown ends and we all begin to assimilate to a new sense of normalcy.

Regular Cleanings and Inspections

According to the CDC, guidelines for cleaning public spaces, schools, and businesses will drastically improve in the wake of COVID-19. For property managers, a proper supply of EPA approved disinfectants will be essential in combination with regular soap and water cleaning measures. All surfaces must be disinfected more regularly, as will smaller surfaces that people touch such as elevator buttons and keypads. Furthermore, property managers will have to make their cleaning procedures transparent to everyone who accesses the property, there will be demand from residents to know which measures are being put in place to protect them. Inspections will also increase to keep everyone accountable as the hysteria around the virus declines with time.

Socially Distanced or Remote Showings

For property managers with vacant units, they’ll still look to show the units through socially distanced as well as in-person showings. However, there will likely be instances where potential residents aren’t comfortable traveling to the new space, so remote showings, and virtual question and answer sessions can become more valuable than ever. There are many online platforms that can help property managers with remote showings as well as to streamline their communications with current residents.

Updated Eviction Policies

At present, the government has encouraged property managers to halt evictions as many Americans struggle both with their health and their finances. Thus, property managers will likely alter eviction policies going into the future to allow for emergency aid and consider how to provide relief with late fees on rent.

Increased Role of Technology

Technology has become of the utmost importance for realtors and property managers during COVID-19. As previously mentioned, it’s essential to become comfortable with navigating an online platform for showing and tours, as many potential residents will feel uncomfortable being in a space with others.

Mastery of an online platform will also aid in communication between residents and the manager, and workflows that help route requests to the right person on the team will help the manager navigate the increased number of concerns during this period. Discussion forums can also be leveraged to ensure the residents continue to have a sense of community as well as reach out about concerns with each other.

COVID-19 is going to change policy in every way, shape, and form, but that doesn’t mean the property managers should have to struggle. Through increased sanitation and disinfecting programs, updated eviction policies, and proper proactive use of technology, the role of a property manager will continue to evolve through the end of the lockdown and into the future.

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We Mourn the Loss of Our Dear Colleague and Founding Shareholder Alan Becker (1946 – 2020)

We Mourn the Loss of Our Dear Colleague and Founding Shareholder Alan Becker (1946 – 2020)

  • Posted: Jul 13, 2020
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In Memoriam – Alan S. Becker (1946-2020) | 07.05.2020

Alan S. Becker, 1946-2020, passed away at the age of 74 on July 4, 2020. He was a beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Mr. Becker grew up in Brooklyn, where his parents Jack and Lorraine Becker met and were married. He spent his spent summers with his late brother Martin at Sun Mountain overnight camp. He entered Brooklyn College at the age of 16 and then went on to graduate from the University of Miami School of Law, receiving the highest grade on the Bar Exam in 1969.

Read the beautiful Tribute on Beckers Website!  – He will be missed by many and remembered always.

 

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Upcoming Katzman Chandler Distance Learning Courses

Upcoming Katzman Chandler Distance Learning Courses

  • Posted: Jul 01, 2020
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Upcoming Katzman Chandler Distance Learning Courses

Free Education Classes for Board Members – Condo and HOA & Property Management Professionals


Date: July 2nd

Time: 1pm-2pm

Course: Do we need a Committee for that?

Description: Join Bill and Sue Raphan online as they discuss the importance of committees in condominiums, cooperatives and homeowners’ associations. Learn about committee formation, composition and best practices for effective operation.

Location: Online Zoom – Register at https://www.katzmanchandler.com/events/committee-basics

Date: July 9th

Time: 12pm-2pm

Course: Records Revelation – Official Records and How to Read Financial Statements.

Description: What constitutes official records of an association? What is private, what is not? How do you go about inspecting records?

Location: Online Zoom – Register at https://www.katzmanchandler.com/events/records-revelations-official-records

Date: July 23rd

Time: 12pm-2pm

Course: Maintaining Order – A discussion on Rules and Regulations, Governing Documents and Fining in Community Associations.

Description: What are community association covenants and restrictions? What rules and regulations? How are they adopted and enforced? This course provides answers to these questions, as well as a primer on association governing documents, their order of priority and enforceability, and includes a review of fines and fining procedures.

Location: Online Zoom – Register at https://www.katzmanchandler.com/events/maintaining-order-a-discussion-on-rules-regulations-governing-documents-and-fining-in-community-associations-2

 

 

 

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Attn: All Managers, Condo and HOA Boards. Sanctuary Gardens, A Full Garden Center for all of your Plant, Bushes and Tree Landscaping Needs

Attn: All Managers, Condo and HOA Boards. Sanctuary Gardens, A Full Garden Center for all of your Plant, Bushes and Tree Landscaping Needs

  • Posted: Jun 29, 2020
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Attn: All Managers, Condo and HOA Boards.
Sanctuary Gardens, A Full Garden Center for all of your Plant, Bushes and Tree Landscaping Needs

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954-394-4625
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The future of cities:  How are public space and social life going to change with Covid-19?

The future of cities:  How are public space and social life going to change with Covid-19?

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The future of cities:  How are public space and social life going to change with Covid-19?

The Covid-19 crisis will bring big social consequences, which will radically change both our human relations and the spaces these inhabit. As the concentrated manifestation of the contemporary world they are, cities are going to be hit by this shifting paradigm.

Urban spaces will have to readjust their design and their infrastructures to the new reality. Also our social interactions will change. We will no longer have so much interaction with others when we go out. Some cultures –the warmest ones– will even have to change more dramatically. We wonder: What will happen with the two or three kisses, traditional in some Southern European countries? Or with the shake of hands, used in Anglosaxon cultures? This situation of “physical distance” will lead us to develop a more virtual life, where online platforms will become, even more, the new public sphere.

How is the future in our cities going to be? How is this crisis going to transform our public space and social life in cities? We do not know yet. The only thing we can do right now is to assess what is happening and learn from the outcomes in order to make cities better in the future.

 

 

 

1 | Bringing People Together but Keeping Them Apart

A big part of urban planning’s history has consisted of managing our way out of infectious diseases and pandemics. Today, Covid-19 is challenging urbanization again, re-opening the debate regarding which city model is preferable: urban sprawl or urban densification. While densely populated and hyper-connected cities are more efficient and sustainable, they can amplify pandemic risk of transmission.

Thus, cities –especially densely populated ones– will need to create and adapt public environments and infrastructures to be livable, safe, agile and adaptable. Hence, tactical urbanism –short-term, low-cost, and scalable interventions– can play a big role in shaping and implementing pilot projects. Likewise, community involvement is essential as it allows for the acquisition of local knowledge while ensuring public compliance with policy decisions.

 

2 | Adapting Urban Environments to New Necessities

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, both urban facilities —public transport, leisure, shops, etc.— and public spaces will have to adapt so all preventive measures are fulfilled. 

Indoors, regulations will be more rigorous: cleaning and disinfection will be done with higher frequency, new measures such as hand sanitizers use or shoe sole cleaning will be implemented, and their capacity will need to be reduced to comply with physical distancing. Additionally, protective equipment —masks, gloves, screens, sensors, etc.— and access control methods will be installed to avoid any risk of transmission and infection.

 

3 | Housing as a Right & Multifunctionality as a Must

Stay-at-home policies are exacerbating inequalities as large parts of the worldwide population live in slums or do not have a home at all. To top it off, common places to find shelter or bathrooms —libraries, gyms— are closed. Consequently, as the coronavirus spreads, these groups are the most vulnerable.

This leads to the conclusion that, after Covid-19, the design of indoor environments will have to change. If people are to spend more time indoors, homes will need to accommodate more uses. Apartments will have to be properly ventilated and better lit in order to improve living conditions and avoid entirely sealed buildings recirculating pathogens through their systems. Shared spaces will need to be rethought as well. 

 

4 | Adjusting Everyday Life to the “New Normal”

The pandemic affected almost every aspect of people’s life, and at the moment, going back to old habits does not seem a possible scenario. So what will the “new normality” look like?

Local and international mobility will be monitored and controlled, while cities are already trying to reorganize flows, reschedule working and school activities to avoid concentrations during rush hour. We will have to get used to new routines and social behaviors, which could radically change our way to use the public space.

The psychological effects of stay-at-home policies and physical distancing will be strong, especially in those cultures where gatherings and open-air activities are at the core of social life. Everything considered normal until a few months ago could dramatically change, not only because of the new rules and restrictions, but also because of people’s fear to physically interact with others.

 

5 | Physically Apart but More Connected than Ever?

The “new normal” will also have a direct effect on the use of urban spaces, in a context where there will be a drastic shift from developing social life outdoors to being more confined. A higher consumption of Internet-based activities (online shopping, telemedicine, macro-events, arts and leisure, etc.) will become more usual. Despite the big challenges this shift will bring, it also represents an opportunity for all these activities to reinvent themselves by means of innovation and new technologies. 

The counterside of this new virtual life’s technological high dependence will widen social inequality. As not everyone counts with appropriate Internet connection and digital devices, this crisis is an opportunity to rethink the future feasibility of telematic education and work models improvised during quarantine. In the applicability to the “new normal”, it will be essential to set up regulations that guarantee social inclusion.

 

6 | Building More Resilient Communities

The health crisis has clearly revealed the vulnerabilities of the most disadvantaged groups. The need to respond to their necessities during the lockdown has demonstrated to be even more pressing than before. Many municipalities developed plans to support low-income families, elders or precarious workers, but at the same time bottom-up mobilization of neighbors’ associations and self-managed organizations revealed to be very important assets for local communities.
 
Nevertheless, as the lockdown ends, the structural socioeconomic problems that the coronavirus has revealed will stay. This demonstrates the importance of establishing safe ways to assist elderly people and to protect precarious workers or domestic caregivers, as well as supporting parents in reconciling their professional and personal life. Achieving this will represent a major step towards a more resilient society.

 

Social inequalities and class differences have manifested more obviously – with “essential” workers having to go out to work; housing conditions being very different for everyone during the confinement or the impossibility to access new technologies for several social groups. Issues that have made even more clear the fact that we live in an unequal society that is susceptible to collapse in front of any crisis.

If in the last decades the way how governments and corporations gather data from individuals for Big Data purposes has been on the agenda of all discussions, the Covid-19 crisis will widen the debate. The need for more discipline and new regulations can inevitably lead towards a situation of social control. In this new context, there will be a need to find a balance between establishing safety, health and well-being for everyone, but respecting the individual and collective freedom at the same time.

However, despite the impact Covid-19 is going to have in cities, we should really consider this crisis as an opportunity to rethink our cities and create more resilient communities and livable environments.

 

 

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Webinar: Digital Vote Creation & Management Tools Demo by BeckerBALLOT.com

Webinar: Digital Vote Creation & Management Tools Demo by BeckerBALLOT.com

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Webinar: Digital Vote Creation & Management Tools Demo by BeckerBALLOT.com

Technology is an unavoidable and critical part of any business. As such, why not consider implementing a state-of-the-art online voting platform to your associations portfolio of services?

BeckerBALLOT.com is the perfect solution to help you streamline operations for your community, is extremely easy to setup, and it will give you the added advantage of increasing both your relevancy and residential appeal, thereby setting you apart from your competition!

 

TUESDAY JUNE 23 @10:30AM

REGISTER: https://beckerballot.com/upcoming-events/

Here’s what you will learn during the webinar:

–Walk through of BeckerBALLOT.com and its administration section/voting portal
–See examples of how others have successfully utilized the platform to benefit their communities
–View a demonstration on how to upload users, how to set up a vote, how to cast a vote, and more
–Learn about the functionality and ease of use
–Find out about flexible pricing options
–Participate in a Q&A with our customer support team to answer any questions you may have.

 

 

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