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I'll take the city bureaucracy any day, over the stupid, entitled, schmucky owners taking out their frustrations on people just trying to help.

• steveBK123 2y ago
  Absolutely. Was the worst job I ever had, and it's unpaid. I even worked retail in high school & Wall Street for 20 years. Condo board fights are nasty, personal and 24/7. Most of your neighbors are quietly happy with the operation of the building, and 2-5% of your neighbors are insane. We dealt with everything from threats of lawsuits and complaints filed with the state, repeat 1000 word complaint emails, texts on nights & weekends, a group running a shadow building wide mailing list to complain & collaborate on deposing existing board, etc. The biggest complainers were not people who had leaks or actual problems. Actual problems are easily resolved, and BAU for building management. Instead it was people who wanted to lobby furniture replaced yet again, or were unhappy with the fading paint on the back side of the building no one sees from the street. Generally they were underemployed and/or mid-divorce. These peoples problems can never be solved. The best part of getting off the board was watching a few of these nuts get on the board and start fighting each other instead of bothering me.
  • asah 2y ago
    +1000 exactly my experience. But I will say, here in NYC at least, the first thing boards and mgmt companies do is setup systems to efficiently handle these squeaky wheels so theydon't overwhelm everyone's time, energy or emotional capacity. On the plus side, I've learned a lot about general mgmt, policy and communication; learned how certain hardware systems work; and I've made a couple of solid business connections from it. My tenant is thrilled. And great stories!!!