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Q. Qualifications and experience in managing associations:
A. Our firm has approximately fifteen years experience in association management while some of our managers have over twenty years of property management experience.
Q. Number of associations under management:
A. We presently manage approximately ninety associations. These include homeowners associations as well as condominiums and cooperative association.
Q. Names of some of the properties under management:
A. Some of the properties we manage are:
- In Bradenton: The Waterway, Heron Harbour, Bradenwoods I-V, Avista at Palm Aire
- In Sarasota: Deer Hollow, Hillview Medical, Strathmore Villas, Jefferson Pines, Forest Lakes #12, Woodside Villas, Village Walk, Village Green, Bird Key, The Office Park, Crestwood I, Mira Lago, Landings-Eagles Pnt., Turtle Rock, Baywood Colony, Casa del Sol, Portofino on the Bay, Strathmore at Riverside, Stoney Brook-Forrest Hills, Somerset at Palmer Ranch, Palmer Square, The Landings Master, Willow Brook, Wellington Chase, Deer Hollow VI, Gulf Gate East, The Medical Complex, Palmer Square.
- On Siesta Key: Somerset Cove, Sandy Cove Assoc., Siesta Gulf View, Sunset Royale, Gulf & Bay Club Bay Side, Siesta Beach House, Sandy Cove IV, Alohi Kai, Siesta Estates, The Pompano, The Inlet, Siesta Bayside, Sea Winds, The Pompano, Beachwalk
- Englewood: Tangerine Woods, Foxwood, Edgewood Commercial, The Crossings, Sable Trace
- In Venice: Bahia Vista Gulf, Point White Cap, Bella Costa, Gulf Shores, Bird Bay North, Southwood, Waterside I-IV, Waterford, Grassy Oaks, Chestnut Creek, Patio Homes, The Isles, Master Assoc. of Chestnut Creek, Palm Villas, Stonecastle, Harbour Lights, Holiday Condominiums
Q. Number of years in business and number of years as property manager:
A. We have been in business approximately eleven years. Prior to changing our name to Argus Property Management, Inc., we were known as the RE\MAX Property Management Division of Sarasota.
Q. Number of CAM managers you employ:
A. We presently employ eighteen "full-time" licensed CAM property managers.
Q. Number of properties per manager:
A. We expect our property managers to be able to handle between four to eight properties.
Q. Required qualifications and experience of property managers:
A. We hire experienced and licensed property managers. The average Argus property manager has approximately fifteen years experience. All CAM property managers are required to participate in enhancement classes. Several of our property Managers also holds licenses in related fields such as real estate.
Q. Attendance requirements of managers at meetings (board, committee, budget, etc.):
A. We expect our property managers to attend all Board of Directors meetings, and Membership meetings.
Q. Complete list of services furnished:
A. Follow this link to view a complete list of our services.
Q. Monthly management fee and expected additional charges:
A. Subject to unforeseen mitigating circumstances we expect your management fee to be as outlined in the cover letter.
We have no "add-on" or "hidden" charges. Our fee will include all regular office, mailing, copies, and postage excluding mass membership mailings or mass copying.
NO CHARGE FOR:
- Processing and setting up financial forms, questionnaires, and loan packages.
- Preparing and copying monthly financials.
- Certificates for transfer or estoppel letters.
- Typing, copying, and distributing minutes to the board.
- Indivudual copy service per page.
- Cellular telephone calls.
- Setting up additional accounts.
- Administering additional accounts.
- Purchasing certificates of deposits.
- Rolling over certificates of deposits.
- Changing association bank accounts.
- Renewing bank signature cards.
- "Backing up" computer on floppy disks or tape.
- Attending Board of Director meetings lasting more than two hours.
- Preparing for and meeting with governmental agencies over association property.
- Attending hearings for unit owner fines.
- Assisting or writing bid specifications.
- Reviewing requests by unit owners for modifications of common elements or their units.
- Assisting in the preparation of income tax returns.
- Assisting in the coordinating amendments to association documents including rules and regulations.
- The administration of special assessments.
- Tracking or expending reserve funds.
- Investigating, reporting, supervising the repair of insurance claims by association insurance agent.
Q. Reasons your company is better than other management companies:
A. There are many reasons why we believe that we provide better management services. Some are as follows:
- The low number of units and associations our property managers handle allows our managers more time for individual associations.
- Argus Property Management, Inc., decentralizes its services giving your Board of Directors, Committees, and owners better access to our staff.
- Our property managers are better trained in all aspects of management including maintenance, financial, and ministerial.
- Our senior property managers share in corporate profits and also have decision-making role.
- Our managers understand the differences between condominiums and homeowners associations. They understand the importance of lake maintenance for proper drainage and flood control purposes.
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