Condominium Manager Magazine

Unlike all other formal dispute resolution processes, mediation focuses on the parties – those involved in conflict coming together and working together to find a mutually acceptable outcome. 

No Man is an Island, Entire of Itself.

Condominium development has occurred at a tremendous rate in Canada and in Ontario over the last ten years. At this time there are about 1.3 million people who own 587,000 units in Ontario alone. 

Condominium living is community living and there are elements which one must adhere to that sometimes could be a nuisance and make one behave in a way which is out of character. 

“Much Ado About Nothing” remains an ever-current play by William Shakespeare. A satire on the internal struggles of an extended noble family, it portrays conflicts fuelled by gossip, mistaken identity and damaged pride. 

Bill Thompson, RCM, is president of Malvern Condominium Property Management. Bill is this year’s recipient of the Leader of the Year Award. The award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated team leadership in business practices, and/or in development of professional property managers.

ACMO was founded over 40 years ago in an effort to educate and regulate condominium managers in a new and budding industry. Condominium management is still a very young profession when you compare it to most others outside the tech world.

“Above and beyond”, “Going that extra mile”, “Just putting in the time”, “Going through the motions”! Timeless clichés to be sure, but are any of them applicable to you as a condominium manager? The landscape of condominium management in Ontario has changed significantly in these past 18 months and none more so than for the men and women who actually manage condominium corporations day to day. 

Every property manager wants and needs to progress professionally, as well as financially. But do we work to progress as managers and professionals? Or are we content to remain with our “recent RCM” status, attitude and knowledge base?

As a property manager, it is never an easy conversation to have with a Board of Directors and owners that the elevator they all depend on needs to be replaced. I am going to walk you through my own elevator project including preliminary steps through working with a team of experts to oversee the project from start to finish.

I received an invitation to contribute an article in CM Magazine on the heels of being awarded ACMO’s 2018 Genesis Award.

By training and personality, your condo manager is a skilled organizer. By government regulation, the manager is a trained professional — having studied for, and passed, a set of carefully developed courses and exams. Your manager is required, and willing, to take continuing training.

Are you ready to write the RCM Exam? Being eligible to write the exam and going on to successfully pass the exam are two different things. The average passing rate for the RCM exam over the past two years has been 66%; that means that only 66% of the candidates writing any RCM exam have passed. You may write the exam a total of three times, but how can you prepare to ensure success the first time you write?

A condominium property cannot survive without the contributions of the trades and professionals that provide valuable services to the province's corporations on a daily basis.