Guides for property managers

We write about the real work of running buildings: resident communication, the tools people use, and the differences between markets.

• Building management in Chile

  How a Chilean building (condominio) is run under Ley 21.442: what the asamblea de copropietarios decides, what the comité de administración and the administrador do, how gastos comunes are billed, and why administrators must now be registered.

• Condo management in Mexico

  How a Mexican condominio is actually run: what the asamblea decides, what the administrador and comité de vigilancia do, how the cuota de mantenimiento is calculated, and what an owner should check.

• Property management software: what to look for before you choose

  A practical guide for condo and building managers: what property management software actually solves, what to ask in the demo, and why resident communication is usually the piece left out.

• The building's WhatsApp group: why it gets out of hand and what to do

  Why the building WhatsApp group becomes ungovernable, what the usual alternatives are and why they fail, and how to bring order to resident communication without taking away the channel they already use.

• Expensas, gastos comunes, cuota de administración: one fee, many names

  What the monthly owners' fee is called in each Latin American market — expensas, gastos comunes, cuota de administración, cuota de mantenimiento — and what differs beyond the name.