When Tom Skiba, CEO of Community Associations Institute spoke at the CPD class of the  Association of Strata Managers  last month  12 March, he asked the class of 120 practitioners this question: “ Did anyone choose to be a Strata Manager when you were a student?” There was a complete silence. None of us  has Read more about What should you choose for a career?[…]

Is it true that a strata manager should act only  when consent from majority of the Council Members are obtained? Imagine that the Chairperson of the Council wanted to add 2 more items into the Agenda for a coming AGM of a management corporation (MCST) when the Agenda were already formally approved  at an earlier Read more about What if consent is not obtained?[…]

I met 4  persons lately to settle some personal matters. At the end of the meeting, one of them asked what I do for a living. I replied: “I provide service in problem-solving for strata titled buildings.” I  clarified further that my company provides condo management service that we called strata management service for management Read more about Rating the Service of Strata Managing Agent[…]

We seldom meet trainers from far away to conduct CPD classes. We not only have one but 3 of them today: Prof Jeevan D’Mello   from Dubai, Mr Pepe Gutierrez  from Spain and Mr Tom Skiba  from the United States. This full day session was conducted by the Association of Strata Managers (ASM) in conjunction Read more about Special ASM CPD Class from CAI[…]

We are usually greeted in our social media accounts, be it Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Linkedin or others, with advertisements promoting real properties especially  condos. These promotions could be for condos at home in Singapore, in neighbouring Malaysia and from far away Australia,  Dubai or even the United States. Who managed these condos especially their common Read more about A career in Strata Management?[…]

This article highlights the service mindset for strata managing agents and discuss about what constitutes premium service and what is not. The limitation of the Building Maintenance & Strata Management Act (BMSMA) concerning the appointment of a strata managing agent is also discussed. _________________________ By definition, the Oxford English Dictionary defines “ Service” as a Read more about How should service in strata management be?[…]

A friend who is  the  Chairperson of a management corporation (MCST) of a 300-units condo met me recently. He asked: “How is value in condo service measured?” He asked further: “You are the Founder of  Wisely 98 Pte Ltd  and the President of the Association of Strata Managers , surely you want to bring value Read more about Value of Service in Condo Management[…]

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The scope of strata management is broad, wide and deep. Knowing the basic accountings and interpretation of financial statements are basic skill sets required from those who professed as strata managers. Watch this video.