Condo board business: Personal email or group email?
Do you need to buy a domain name and business email address for condo board communication?
There is an upside and a downside to being on a condo board and not living in the building. Condo board members are not required to live in the building (depending on your bylaws, but usually unit owners cannot ban those who live outside of the property from joining), and it certainly makes it easier to maintain a level of privacy.
If you’re living in the building, don’t be surprised when other condo unit owners (or tenants who ignore their landlords) will ring your (a board member’s) doorbell or knock on your door unannounced. If you give out your personal cell phone number or email address, expect texts and emails at all hours of the night and day. It doesn’t take much time to figure out why landlords often live on separate property.
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However, the upside to living in the building of your condo board (or the property you own) is the travel time to handle property issues becomes nonexistent. Smoke detector goes off? Just walk to your hallway. Deck or roof repairs needed? Contractors can just ring your doorbell, wave and get started. And you can see the progress as it happens instead of waiting for residents to report back to you or driving back and forth. Additionally, if you have a cool set of neighbors who are in your association, it’s (probably) enjoyable to have this close-knit group around you. But the means of communication is still something to consider.