If you’re involved with a condo or hoa—whether overseeing operations, managing properties, or supporting building decisions—you’re constantly balancing budgets, compliance, projects, and resident expectations. The real challenge isn’t just …
The Chicagoland condo market has spent the last decade proving its resilience through a slow and steady trajectory. Unlike more volatile markets in Sun Belt cities, Chicago has transitioned from an era of downtown dominance to a more balanc…
The housing affordability crisis isn’t exactly breaking news; over the past 25 years, stagnant wages and spiralling prices for even modest one- or two-bedroom condo units have raised the bar to homeownership well beyond the reach of most fi…
Residential co-ops have played a small but historically meaningful role in Chicago’s housing landscape since the late 1800s. While cities like New York developed large cooperative housing sectors relatively quickly around the same time, Chi…
For community associations, property managers, and building owners, financial stability depends on more than simply keeping up with day-to-day operations. It requires thoughtful, proactive planning for the future, particularly for major rep…
Whether you’re a manager or a board member, running a condo or HOA has never been an easy job. There’s always a capital project to fund, a contractor to hire, a dispute to resolve, a leak to repair… the list can feel endless. That’s why C…
With many associations currently earning significant interest income on their reserve accounts, it may come as a surprise that associations have to pay federal income taxes on that income. Even more surprising is that the applicable tax rat…
In our current environment of steeply rising costs, it’s more important than ever to safeguard your reserves to ensure that your association has sufficient funds available for immediate and future capital projects. Unfortunately, many ass…
The National Housing Conference (NHC)’s Paycheck to Paycheck database is a free tool illustrating "the ability – or lack thereof – of working families to purchase or rent a home in metropolitan areas across the country by comparing wage…
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2025 CooperatorEvents Chicagoland Spring Expo. Your enthusiasm, insights, and engagement helped make the event an incredible success. To our exhibitors—your expertise, innovation, and…