- Fiduciary fallout
HEADNOTE Putting clients' interests first IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 While fiduciary obligations to clients are addressed in numerous sections of the Code of Professional Ethics of the CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGER(R), perhaps Article I sums it up most thoroughly, stating, "CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGERS shall at all times exercise loyalty to the interests ......
- Fiduciary Fallout: Putting clients' interests
first. (Higher Ground).
While fiduciary obligations to clients are addressed in numerous sections of the Code of Professional Ethics of the CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGER[R], perhaps Article 1 sums it up most thoroughly, staring, "CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGERS shall at all times exercise loyalty to the interests of the client and shall not engage in ......
- WINNING a Large Condominium
Account.
By their very nature, solicitation of condominium accounts requires a different approach. Since they are run by a committee (the board), condominiums are political in nature. Unless the board is dictated to by its president, there is no single owner or entity with the power to simply sit down and ......
- Residential community associations: their impact on
local government finance and politics.
As the number of residential community associations has increased, so has their impact on local government decisions and politics. Fueling the confrontational atmosphere are the issues of property tax reimbursement and the provision of municipal services. There has been relatively little research conducted on residential community associations (RCAs) by the ......
- Kasenna Gains Condos
Video-on-demand server provider Kasenna Corp., which aims to break into the traditional cable market, picked up a key win with Total Vision, a fiber-to-the-home broadband provider serving condo units in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Total Vision is buying Kasenna media servers that will span 100 edge sites in those three ......
- Construction court roundup
3rd Circuit * A claim by a construction company alleging that its workers' compensation insurer breached the the retrospective premium agreement and acted in bad faith was arbitrable under the arbitration provision in that agreement. Brayman Construction Corp. v. Home Insurance Co. (Feb. 12, 2003). 11th Circuit * Since the ......
- Leadership Roundtable: the real estate industry &the CRE organization.
Panelists: RICHARD A. HANSON, CRE 2008 CRE Chairman of the Board Principal -- Mesa Development, LLC Chicago, Ill. A.C. SCHWETHELM, CRE 2008 CRE First Vice Chairman (to serve as 2009 Chairman) President -- A.C. Schwethelm Associates, Inc. Comfort, Texas ARTHUR P. PASQUARELLA, CRE 2008 CRE Second Vice Chairman (to serve ......