Tips for your property
Practical guides, legal obligations, and best practices to manage your condo association board and property with confidence.
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Property ManagementThe annual building walk-through: the condo board checklist
Two hours once a year is enough to catch 80% of problems before they get expensive. You just need to know where to look, and in what order.
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General MeetingGeneral meeting agenda: what the condo board must have put on it
A badly worded item cannot be voted on, and a late request never makes the agenda. Here is how to get your subjects listed, and how to word them.
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Property ManagementChasing a contractor who never finishes: method and template
The scaffolding has gone, the finishing has not. Here is how a board documents and chases a project that drags on, without stepping into the manager shoes.
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General MeetingDraft budget: the 8 questions the condo board must ask before the vote
A draft budget is voted in ten minutes and commits twelve months of charges. Here are the 8 questions that change the discussion.
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Condo Board OrganizationAnnual report template for the condo board to present at the general meeting
Every year the condo board reports on its work to the general meeting. Here is a complete template, section by section, and a method that does not eat your weekend.
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General MeetingChecklist: reviewing the condo accounts before the general meeting
You have the right to inspect the supporting documents before the meeting. You still need to know what to look at. Here are the 12 points to go through, in order.
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Property ManagementCondo works tracking table: the template to fill in
A project with no tracking table is a project nobody can report on. Here are the 10 columns that are enough, and what to record in them.
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Condo Board OrganizationLetter template: asking your property manager for quotes (and getting an answer)
Asking the manager for quotes sounds simple. Getting comparable quotes, in time to be useful, is much less so. Here is the letter and the method.
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Property ManagementCondo issue log: what to record, which photos, and for how long
A leak reported three times in two years becomes a solid case — provided you kept the dates and the photos. Here is what to record, and how.
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Property ManagementHow to digitize your condo association board management in 2026
Long meetings, scattered documents, lost emails… Here's how to digitize your condo association board to save time and gain peace of mind.
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General MeetingCondo general meeting: the complete guide to organizing it well
From the notice to the minutes, discover every step to prepare and run a successful general meeting for your property.
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