Habitat Blog
We've invited a panoply of professionals who will illuminate and edify on topics critical to helping boards run in the best and most efficient and productive ways possible. Enjoy reading blogs by veteran managing agents Andrea Bunis, president of Andrea Bunis Management; Jerry Picaso, president of Gerard J. Picaso, Inc.; First Funding president Pat Niland; and board-member Tom Sahagian, manager of the energy division of Power Concepts.
On May 16th, I posted some underlying mortgage advice under the title "First Things First!" and suggested that readers stay tuned for more. Read More »
Every time the maintenance goes up we hear the same complaints, either “our maintenance is too high” or “our maintenance is higher than other buildings Read More »
Lately, I've been getting a lot of calls from board members in buildings that currently don't have a mortgage. Some of these buildings were built as co-ops Read More »
Grrrr. I've been at this energy thing for a long time, trying to persuade people to make energy-efficient investments in their buildings. Now that oil Read More »
I didn't think so. Yet how many times have I read an engineer's or contractor's report with the statement "...the boiler (air handler, whatever) Read More »
If you're thinking of refinancing your building's underlying mortgage, the last thing you should do is call a few lenders. Refinancing an underlying mortgage Read More »
This is my first personal blog entry ever! I'm honored to have been asked to contribute to Habitat's blog and will do my best to keep things interesting Read More »
It always amazes me that people run for the Board and are not available for Board meetings or don’t respond to emails. Most of the time the email is Read More »
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