Cardinal Property Management Blog

For the past two decades, inflation has had little effect on budgets at HOAs and condominium associations. The inflation rates as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) have fluctuated but only mildly. This past year, all that has changed with the prices for virtually everything going up at a significant rate. The effect of inflation ...

Cardinal Property Management was honored to host Sandra Gottlieb, Esq., of SwedelsonGottlieb, recently as she taught 17 members of a variety of community association boards in Orange County about collecting delinquent assessments after a judgment has been obtained. Before the seminar, Cardinal provided dinner and soft drinks for the atten...

Steven Schonwit, Certified Public Accountant, shared his knowledge of the fiduciary duties of community association board members with more than 25 board members and community association managers at Cardinal Property Management's headquarters at the end of April. Schonwit reviewed important functions such as how to interpret financia...

Cardinal Property Management, AAMC/ACMF, hosted attorney and national expert Kelly Richardson on February 19 as part of Cardinal’s commitment to board education. This first class of 2014 was titled “Advanced Board Meeting Issues and Strategies.” Kelly offered tips and techniques to run effective and efficient board meeti...

Cardinal Property Management, AAMC/ACMF, is proud to host national expert Kelly Richardson on February 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as he shares techniques and tips to run effective board meetings. Do your meetings run long? Is there a lot of nonbusiness-related conversation? Has every board member read all materials before your meeting...

Barking dogs, loud parties, offensive odors…does this sound familiar yet?  These were the topics discussed at our August Board Education course on nuisances.  James McCormick of Peters & Freedman entertained the almost 40 attendees as he discussed the best approach in dealing with nuisance complaints within the community. Nuisances i...

September is National Preparedness Month and the Irvine Police Department Office of Emergency Management would like to encourage Irvine residents to be prepared by making a family plan, stockpiling emergency supplies and knowing how to stay connected to the City. Taking these simple steps will go a long way during a natural disast...

 By:  Kristi Boren, CCAM, CMCA, AMS, Portfolio Account Manager, and Farrah Esquer, CCAM, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, President One of the many tasks of a volunteer director is the review of the association’s monthly financial statements.  If you do not consider yourself a “numbers person” this may seem like a dauntin...

  John R. MacDowell, Esq., Fiore Racobs & Powers and Cardinal Property Management Executive Vice President Farrah Esquer cohosted a seminar entitled "Community Association Board Member Duties" for approximately 30 community association board members at Cardinal's corporate headquarters. Diane Weissberg, Fiore Racobs & P...