by Progressive Association Management | Dec 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
A management software company (Appfolio) conducted a survey of boards, and they found that 67% of boards would not recommend their current management. Interesting, only 10% of those same boards were actively considering changing companies. That means, most boards,...
by Progressive Association Management | Dec 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, only a few months ago, when a board member wanted to find a new management company for their community, they would “google” it. They would have potentially pages of results, and 20 to 30 companies to investigate. Some of the results were paid ads...
by Progressive Association Management | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Few people buy a used car without reviewing and paying for a “Carfax”. It provides a detailed history of the vehicle including accidents, title issues, service records and other factors that could affect the vehicle’s value, safety, reliability and desirability. The...
by Progressive Association Management | Nov 9, 2023 | Owner Education, Property Management Education, Uncategorized
These are strange times in the association management industry. Unlike residential management, where there are hundreds of management companies, usually managing 50 to 500 properties, there are fewer than 100 association management companies managing over 25,000...
by Progressive Association Management | May 16, 2023 | Association Management Education, Owner Education, Property Management Education, Uncategorized
We manage almost 100 associations and our Community Managers attend over a thousand board meetings a year, so we have participated in both productive, unproductive and sometimes downright hostile meetings. Let’s compare the two. How does an unproductive meeting occur?...
by Progressive Association Management | May 16, 2023 | Association Management Education, Owner Education, Property Management Education, Uncategorized
We manage almost 100 associations, and many of these communities have kept their monthly dues intentionally low and now find themselves with low reserve balances, typically 20 to 30% of the fully funded reserve as detailed in their reserve study. These communities may...
