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Q: I live in a condominium building. The management company posted a notice stating that the board would be voting on a special...
Q: My lease has a no-pets clause, but my landlord let me keep a dog I adopted from a shelter. He signed the form the shelter gives...
The outpouring of support, respect and admiration for Mark Pearlstein has been overwhelming. Mark's passing is a great loss to Levenfeld...
Matthew Gordon Lasner is the official biographer of the condominium. (Well, as official as these things get, anyway.)
A New Year's resolution for board members: I resolve to spend less time in meetings for my community association.
Getting to know the neighbors and making friends in a big apartment building can be tricky and often involves meeting at the elevator or...
Q: When I rented the house we live in from the landlord, I agreed to do certain repairs if needed. Recently, a windstorm broke a window, and...
Many segments of the local housing market continue to bounce along the bottom or suffer small declines, but purchase demand for small rental...
Q: We live in a large condominium complex, and our unit happens to be close enough to the lobby that we hear the elevator constantly. The...
Owners who don't pick up after their dogs might be the least of the condo board's challenges.
Q: We are a condominium association of 14 units. Initially, with the consent of the association, we appealed our property taxes four years...
Q: I am on the board of directors of a 55-unit town home association. We have one prior board member who insists on having a copy of all the...
Q: One of my tenants wants to meet with me to go over some issues we're having with him. He has complained that we are...
If you're one of the growing number of apartment renters in downtown Chicago, take a minute to look down at your feet. Chances are, if you'...
Let's say your 120-unit community association next year is facing a huge capital expenditure that includes new roofs and siding. The bill is...
Q: I live in a gated community of single-family homes that is organized as a condominium association. We have two neighbors who I think...
Anyone running a community association or serving on a board can expect to receive plenty of complaints. Many are reasonable, and some are...
Q: I own and occupy an office condominium in a professional building. One of the unit owners smokes in his unit. The smoke comes into the...
Like many Chicagoans, Ryan Coon is sick of not being able to pay his rent online.
The landlord refuses to clean up, and the apartment makes the tenants sick.
Q: Our condominium unit experienced a massive electrical outage when the outlet above our dishwasher shorted out. The main breaker in the...
Q: Is it against the law if a landlord keeps a renter's security deposit and then never fixes the "damage" the landlord claimed...
Q: I purchased a condominium in Chicago three years ago that I thought was at the bottom of the market. Although single at the time, I am...
Most community associations by now have gotten the message they need a reserve study. What they aren't so sure of is what to do after they...
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