CAI's core purpose is to provide education and resources to those living in and serving community associations. Check out these informational pieces below!

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• Agendas (see Meetings)
• Aging Association Population
• Assessments (see Finances)
• Board of Directors
  • The Responsibility of Being a Condominium Board Member
  • A Salute To Community Association Directors
  • A Self-Managed Board
• Budgeting (see Finances)
• Building Community
• Buying
  • What You Should Know Before Buying a Condo
  • The Purchase of a Condominium Unit from the Chicago Bar Association
  • How to Buy a Condominium from eHow.com
  • How to Inspect a Condominium before Buying from eHow.com
  • How to Calculate Mortgage Payments from eHow.com
• Certification
  • CAI Manager Designations Defined
• Collections (see Finances)
• Committees
• Communications
• Contractors, Directory of (see also, Maintenance)
• Crime (see also, Security)
• Designations (see Certification)
• Developer Turnover
  • Trouble-Free Transition
  • Transitions: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report
• Energy
  • Energy Efficiency: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report
• Finances
  • Creative Funding for Common Elements
  • Promissory Notes in Associations
  • Protecting Your Association's Finances
  • Financial Operations: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report
  • Reserve Studies: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report
  • How Mortgage Loans Work
  • Illinois Property Tax Information:
    • DuPage County
    • Kane County
    • Lake County
    • McHenry County
    • Will County
• Governance
  • Is Your Association a "Bottom Up" or "Top Down" Organization?
  • Governance, Resident Involvement & Conflict Resolution: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report
• Government Resources
  • Illinois Secretary of State Webpage
  • Illinois Counties & Municipalities (with Maps)
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation Forms
• Insurance
• Landscaping (see Maintenance)
• Law and Legal Issues
  • The Illinois Condominium Property Act
  • The General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act of Illinois
• Leasing
  • Condominium Lease
• Maintenance
  • Scaffolding Safety
• Management, Community Association
  • Management Contract - What Should Be Included
  • CAI Manager Designations Defined
• Meetings
  • Sample Agenda
  • Outline on Effective Minute Taking
  • Reducing Conflict at Board Meetings
  • Parliamentary Procedure Cheat Sheet
  • Taking Good Minutes at Association Meetings as easy as 1,2,3
  • Robert's Rules of Order
• Minutes (see Meetings)
• Mold
• Newsletters
  • Producing Association Newsletters
• Operations
• Pets (See Rules and Regulations)
• Reserve Funds (see also, Finance)
• Robert's Rules of Order (See Meetings) 
• Rules and Regulations
• Security
  • Digital Recording Devices
  • Illinois Registered Sex Offender Database
  • Chicago Crime Statistics
• Volunteers (see Committees)
• What New Board Members Need To Know
  • Responsibility of Being a Condominium Board Member
  • Reducing Conflict at Board Meetings
  • Strategic Planning
  • Strategic Planning: CAI Research Foundation Best Practices Report

Please check back - more resources are being added monthly!