New Video! AMS | Association Management Services NW – Overview of Our Services
We’re excited to share our new promotional video with you! We’d like to thank Form 7 Productions for producing this video for us. They were wonderful to work with, and we love how it turned out! Below is the script of the video: In the Pacific Northwest, communities matter. And when it comes to creating and …
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4 Key Responsibilities of a Board Secretary
Homeowner Associations have a great deal of responsibility. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Maintaining Association records; Preserving the Association’s history; and Protecting itself from liabilities. Who takes on such an important leadership role? The Board Secretary. What does the Board Secretary do? Prepares and distributes Board Meeting minutes and notices, records meetings …
How to Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality
Air quality directly affects our health. It’s important for us to be aware of the pollutants within the air we breath and ways to alleviate or eliminate them. This is an issue we have all been dealing with the Northwest recently, with air quality being in unhealthy ranges due to fires. But most of the …
When is Mediation Appropriate?
We’ve all either heard the crazy stories or even worse, experienced them ourselves. Does your neighbor use tie-dye blankets as curtains? Perhaps you can’t enjoy your back deck because the condo two stories down blares their music so loud that your brain hurts. How much poop can one dog produce? And why can’t their owner just …
Welcome, City Lofts Condo Association to the AMS Family!
We are pleased to announce that AMS is now managing the City Lofts Condominium Association! We look forward to working with the Board and Owners in this beautiful community. The City Lofts are located in one of the hottest neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon – the Pearl District. Constructed in 1904, the building was originally the …
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CAI Community Bulletin – Summer 2018
Read the Summer 2018 CAI Community Bulletin right here on our website! It’s full of useful advice on homeowner association management. Inside you’ll find the 2018 events calendar, helpful articles, legal Q&A, service directory and more. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team.
Summer Safety Tips for Your Association
Playgrounds and pools are the definition of summertime fun for children, but these amenities can spell danger for community associations if they aren’t properly inspected and maintained. This recent article from Community Associations Institute is a good reminder of potential safety issues in your community and steps your association can take to avoid problems. Here are the …
Summer Home Maintenance To-Do List
Ah, summer…the smell of freshly-cut grass, BBQs, and sunscreen. We’ve survived months of rain, and now we get to enjoy the outdoors again! Today is the first day of summer, and to celebrate, we’ve assembled a list of 10 home maintenance tasks to tackle as we begin this new season. 1. Inspect your deck. Are …
WUCIOA – What You Need to Know
Have you heard? The Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA) was adopted by the legislature and goes into effect on July 1, 2018. The bill creates a new chapter in the Revised Code of Washington that governs the formation, management, and termination of condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities (such as communities governed by …
FHA Condominium Program Reform
Currently, only 6% of U.S. condominium projects are approved by the FHA, and 93% of condominium homeowners have no access to FHA-insured mortgages. A critical component of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) mission is serving first-time homebuyers and minority borrowers. Recently, at CAI’s 2018 Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., more than 100 advocates met …