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What To Do If You Can’t Afford Reserve Funding

If reserve funding is out of budget, here’s a few steps you can take to make sure your association is taken care of beyond the reserve study!

Reserve Expenses vs. Operating Expenses

What Makes a Good Reserve Study?

Everyone wants a good Reserve Study. But what does that mean exactly? A complex process broken down into simple things to look for in a great Reserve Study.

Strategy for Factoring Inflation into a Reserve Study in a Rapidly Changing Economic Environment

Why does your Reserve Study include 3% inflation long term when CPI is > 8% and some Construction Indexes are using inflation rates of over 20%?

5 Things Reserve Specialists Wish Managers Knew

Association Reserves has prepared over 70,000 reserve studies across the nation, which means we've worked with a lot of managers! We've identified the top 5 things that we wish Managers knew when it comes to reserve studies and the reserve study process.

Lessons from the Collapse of Champlain Towers South

We were shocked, along with the rest of the world, by the collapse of our client property, Champlain Towers South Condominium Association, in Surfside, FL on June 24, 2021. Our hearts broke for the families and friends of the 98 people who lost their lives in this unprecedented disaster. Although the underlying causes of the tragedy have yet to be determined, we know, based on our March 2020 Reserve Study, that the towers were 40 years old and the Association was significantly “underfunded”.