This website is devoted to the needs of community association buyers,
sellers, owners, and board members. Our goal is to give vital information that will enable you to make good decisions about living in a condominium or homeowner association.
Developed by renown association management expert, Kay
Senay, this site will help you find answers to your toughest questions about the lifestyle of community associations.
CONDO BUYING & OWNERSHIP MADE SIMPLE: TIPS TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY
"Condo Buying & Ownership Made Simple is thorough, readable and well-organized...Having put time in behind the desk and on boards, there is literally no stone left unturned."
Are buying and owning a condominium or homeowner association unit different from buying and owning a single-family home? You bet, and Kay sets the record straight! Living in a condo, HOA, or co-op is the least understood form of residential ownership. With hundreds of tips, pointers, and answers to questions, this non-technical book clearly informs the reader how to purchase and live happily in these communities and avoid the many pitfalls that catch the uninformed.
Featured in Condo Buying & Ownership Made Simple are "Kay's Exclusive Condo Buyer's Checklists." Worth the price of the book themselves, the checklists enable buyers to untangle confusing community association documents, analyze the association's financial condition, and talk to the community's residents. They have a "fill-in-the-blanks" format that can be used for gathering information as a buyer visits various community associations.
This book explodes many of the common myths such as:
You can tell a condo is well managed if the maintenance fee is low.
I don’t need to read my association’s governing documents. They are only for the board of directors.
My condominium is brand new, so I don’t have to worry about any special assessments for a long time.
The author, Kay Senay, is a consumer advocate, a syndicated columnist, and an expert on community associations. The successful association management company that she founded is now in its second generation. She is an expert resource for buyers and for those living in community associations. With over seventeen years of hands-on experience, Kay is familiar with all aspects of association living. She is a speaker at real estate conferences, and an advisor to community associations' boards of directors. Community Associations Institute (CAI), the industry’s recognized premier educational institution, certified Kay as an Association Management Specialist and a Certified Manager of Community Associations.
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