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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Reasonable Accommodations?]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/598/1/QampA-Reasonable-Accommodations/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[A residential tenant needs to have a chair rail installed so she can access her
&nbsp;second floor apartment in our condo building, built in the 1950's. Who pays for
&nbsp;the chair rail and the installation, the tenant or the condo association? 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Ronald L. Perl)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:40:50 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Appropriate Fine Schedules]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/597/1/QampA-Appropriate-Fine-Schedules/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[What is an appropriate fine schedule? Although we have had fine schedules, someone (new board members, residents, new
&nbsp;managers) always seems to begin a debate on this topic which leaves the board
&nbsp;in a quandary and not knowing exactly how to proceed. Unfortunately, the same people opening the debate fail to provide a workable
&nbsp;solution or provide a solution that is totally subjective. Fines need to have a
&nbsp;scale/schedule and be appropriate for the infraction. Any advice? 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Eric D. Brophy)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:40:13 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Building Back Up]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/596/1/Building-Back-Up/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ In early 2009 at the urging of President Barack Obama, Congress passed the
 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) with a view toward easing the
 blow dealt to the economy by what some are calling the Great Recession. The
 ARRA had a tall order to fill: create new jobs while saving existing ones,
 cultivate economic activity in both the short- and long-term &#8212;and in the words of the official Recovery.gov website, do it all with &#8220;unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in government spending.&#8221;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Liz Robbins)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:39:34 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Boom Busted]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/595/1/Boom-Busted/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;From 2002 to 2007 and beyond, condo construction in New Jersey reached heights
&nbsp;never seen before. Much of it was in the &ldquo;Gold Coast,&rdquo; in towns like Hoboken and Jersey City and up into Bergen County. Indeed, a New
&nbsp;York Times article by Antoinette Martin from July 31, 2009, stated that condos
&nbsp;make up about 80 percent of Hudson County housing stock, and parts of the state
&nbsp;also saw accelerated development. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:38:48 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Distress Signals]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/594/1/Distress-Signals/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;When realtor Sean Carroll went out looking at homes with a prospective buyer not
&nbsp;so many months ago, it didn't take long to find a property that fit exactly
&nbsp;what the buyer was looking for. When Carroll put his client's offer in however,
&nbsp;he was told by the listing agent it was a &ldquo;distressed property,&rdquo; known in real estate parlance these days as a short sale. 
&nbsp;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:38:12 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[To Be Managed - or Self-Managed?]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/593/1/To-Be-Managed---or-Self-Managed/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;While the majority of condo and HOA communities in New Jersey hire professional
&nbsp;management firms to handle their day-to-day operations, many others choose to
&nbsp;go the self-managed route, which can include hiring on-site staff or having
&nbsp;residents handle the tasks usually carried out by hired help. Their reasons for
&nbsp;doing so are as varied as the buildings themselves, but ultimately, it&rsquo;s about finding the best fit for unit owners and boards alike. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Liz Lent)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:37:38 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[I Said Order!]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/592/1/I-Said-Order/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Ever feel like your board meetings last longer than Wagner's Ring Cycle operas?
&nbsp;They certainly don&rsquo;t last nine hours, but even three hours can be a long time to sit in a chair,
&nbsp;especially when the score doesn&rsquo;t include the Flight of the Valkyries, and there&rsquo;s no intermission to get a soda and chips. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Denton Tarver)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Make My Day]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/591/1/Make-My-Day/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;There&rsquo;s a scene in the classic film Dirty Harry in which the eponymous detective,
&nbsp;played iconically by Clint Eastwood, is called off the main case in order to
&nbsp;stop a would-be suicide from jumping from a tall building. After this
&nbsp;successful digression, we learn how he earned his nickname&mdash;he does the department&rsquo;s dirty work. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:36:04 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The New Jersey Cooperator&#039;s Condo, HOA &amp; Co-op Expo]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/590/1/The-New-Jersey-Cooperator039s-Condo-HOA-amp-Co-op-Expo/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The New Jersey Cooperator magazine and Yale Robbins, Inc. are pleased to invite
&nbsp;all property managers, HOA board members, and unit owners to the 3rd annual New
&nbsp;Jersey Condo, HOA & Co-op Expo, a one-day trade show event on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 from 11:30
&nbsp;a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The 2010 Expo will again take over the Meadowlands Exposition
&nbsp;Center at 355 Plaza Drive in Secaucus with booths, seminars, and demonstrations
&nbsp;all day long. 
&nbsp;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Cooperator Staff)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:35:33 EST</pubDate>
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