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ny should have a history of working with contractors in your area. Being a mid-sized community, we have been told by some contractors that we are too small for them to want to bid on our work, a fact of life we had to face. Sometimes we’ve selected a contractor and they have turned out to be not up to the task they bid on. A responsible management company will note this information and update their colleagues about the contractor. Besides managing the myriad resident issues a good management company can assist the board in administering contractors. A board is a group of resident volunteers who bring their expertise and time to the tasks at hand. It is also good if a board becomes edu- cated on how a community is to be CONT I NU E S ON PAGE 18

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