Five Ways to Keep Assessments Down.

Residents can help the association minimize its maintenance expenses by observing a few simple considerations. This helps hold assessment levels—your fees—down.

1. Pay your assessments. When the association is running at a deficit, assessments can be raised for everyone to make up for the money not collected. Associations with deficits from year to year can see maximum increases more often at budget time to get out of the red.

2. Clean up after yourself. Debris left on the common areas require special maintenance, and that can mean additional costs. The association budgets for only a specific amount of funds allocated for repairs. The less the association spends on repairs, the less likely your assessments will increase.

3. Be kind to the landscaping. Every bush destroyed or flower trampled has as price tag attached and so does the labor to replace it. If you can spare a few minutes to spend outside this summer, water the plants around your building. Also, pick up after your pets. Your pet’s waste can hurt the landscaping and paying a service to pick it up is an unnecessary expense.

4. Be kind to the outdoor spaces. Put out your cigarette before going up the stairs, and carry your bike so the chain doesn’t snag the steps, and take care of leaky vehicles in parking areas and streets. The exterior of the buildings in multi-family housing are the most expensive common element. Streets are another expensive component. Be kind to them!!

5. Observe the rules. Association rules are not arbitrary or frivolous. They have been carefully developed to keep property values up and insurance rates down.

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