Board Orientation Course
December 1, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster With November behind us (and going out like a lion, if I may borrow from the month of March), we are firmly looking ahead to 2026. One of the major initiatives for us is to get our new Chapter location, New Brighton, up [...]
A Generational Shift
November 29, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster It's not surprising that my generation is deciding to "age in place," causing a backlog in housing inventory. We blogged recently about the issue and the accompanying generational wealth issue HERE. But a new study is showing that the great generational shift will [...]
The Home Value Flux
November 28, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Seems Mother Nature tried to deliver a stumbling block for some of us, with more snow on the way this weekend. Tis the season for HOA trigger amounts. And while we're at it, we took [...]
Giving Thanks
November 26, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If you're reading this in Minnesota, chances are you're dealing with some level of snow cover this morning. Here in the south metro where I live, we had three days of media hype about blizzard conditions and plowable (trigger-able) snow levels, etc. Sigh. [...]
Those Rising Costs of Homeownership
November 25, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster If you're an HOA leader or HOA resident, you likely made a decision to move into your HOA with the intent of streamlining your life so that capable people other than you take care of yards, snow clearing, maintenance, etc. You may have [...]
Your Master Insurance
November 24, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster When we ask our network members what they'd like to see at future chapter meetings for topics, the subject of insurance comes up often. After all, insurance prices have been spiking for HOAs and other homeowners over the past five years, forcing some [...]
