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2025 Fall/Expo Board Elections Matter Tips for Running Yours Efficiently
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What's the Toughest Problem Facing Your Board? Video
What's the Toughest Problem Facing Your Board? Three Perspectives
Webinars/Seminars
2025 Fall/Expo Current Issue
Management
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Families, Kids & Quality of Life

Managing Safety, Enforcing Rules
Managing or administering a multifamily community like a condo, HOA, or co-op building is a lesson in balancing diverse,…
Management
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2025 Summer

Surveillance & Security

Privacy vs. Safety in Shared-Interest Communities
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2025 Summer

Continuing Education for Managers

The Benefits of Going Back to School
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2025 Summer

The Collections Process

Recovering What’s Owed
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2025 Summer

Self-Managed Communities vs. Local Laws & Regulations

Managing the Maze
Finance
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Increasing Homeowner Resale Values

Top 10 Ways Boards Can Help
Investing in real estate is one of the best ways to increase net worth. That's why it’s so important for board members t…
Finance
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2024 Fall/Expo

Money Mindfulness

Tips for Keeping Your Association Financially Healthy
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2024 Fall/Expo

Fiduciary Duty Explained

One for All - Not All for One
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Winter 2024

Understanding Your Monthly Financial Information

Key to a Financially Healthy Association
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Understanding Your Monthly Financial Information

The Key to a Financially Successful Association


On The Board
Boards & Boundaries

Boards & Boundaries

How ‘Available’ Should You Be?
In multifamily residential communities where neighbors share common space, amenities, and maintenance—if not actual wall…
Neighborhood trouble
2025 Fall/Expo

Handling ‘Problem’ Residents

Communication & Compassion Can Help
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2025 Summer

The Insurance Landscape

Navigating a Historically Hard Market
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2025 Expo

Increasing Homeowner Resale Values

Top 10 Ways Boards Can Help
Fines & Fees
2025 Expo

Fines & Fees

Another Tool in Your Board’s Administrative Kit


Maintenance
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Navigating Chicago’s Façade Ordinance

Know What’s Going on Up There
Maintaining the exterior of a building goes beyond just looking good—it's about ensuring safety, following the law, and …
old apartment building with external fire escape
2025 Summer

Landmark Co-ops & Condos

Living in a Piece of History
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2025 Spring

Sprucing Up for Spring

'Tis the Season for Inspections & Maintenance
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2024 Fall/Expo

Dealing with Exterior Maintenance & Inspections

In Condos & Co-ops, the “F” Word is “Façade”
Maintaining Glass Façades
2024 Fall/Expo

Maintaining Glass Façades

Energy Efficiency with a View


Insurance
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Rising Insurance Premiums

High Costs Force Tough Decisions for Boards

Adequate Community Insurance Coverage

How Much Is Enough?

Insurance in the Multifamily Setting

Knowing Who Covers What is Key

Protecting Board Members from Claims

A Look at Liability & Insurance Coverage

Loss, Insurance, and Claims

A Primer
Design
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Updating Your Lobby Furnishings

Reupholster, or Replace?

Lobby Décor

Trendy or Timeless, Your Building’s First Impression

Grey is Gone in '24

Fresh Trends in Common Area Design

Current Trends in Multifamily Design

Quality, Durability, & Texture Reign Supreme

Capital Design Projects

There’s Always Room for Improvement
Organizations
IREM Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

IREM Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

27 Chapters On Board So Far

A Look Inside IREM

Serving the Management Profession

The National Fire Protection Association

Working to Stop Fires Before They Start

SOARing High in Chicagoland

The Streeterville Organization of Active Residents

Keeping it Cool

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engnieers