In most communities, the majority of residents in condos are owners. There are some rental units, but for the most part the people that own the condo also live in it.
Condos and amenities for the use of the condo owners.
Learn how many of the units in a condominum are lived in by their owners, and then divide that number by the total number of units there.
There is some liability with condo insurance since a fire in your home could also do damge to a neighbor. Regular home owners wont cover that since buildings are sperated.
no but trying to If a condo owner falls more than 90 days in arrears of association, the right to use common areas can be suspended by the association until such dues are paid.
Read your governing documents to determine the residency requirements for board service eligibility. It is possible that the majority of the board must be resident owners, all members must be resident owners or there may be no residency requirement. There is no standard.
Answer this question...Many Governing Documents of common interest developments allow owners to enforce the documents directly if the board isn't doing their job.
It often is considered that and often a person's policy on their personal condo will extend to pay up to $500 of the Association's deductible. Could be less than $500 depending on how much the Association's deductible is and how many COA members there are.
Condo's are rarely rented except by their individual owners. The demand for housing is recovering, but prices are not. This of course is described as a buyer's market since the seller has little leverage.
If you own a condo, you can get basically the same type of insurance as a homeowner, depending on what type of condo you have. If you condo is more like apartments, you may be able to get insurance similar to renters insurance, while if you have a stand alone home, you can basically get just home owner insurance.
Condos are usually sold by private owners. Which means not very many companies own the condos. If the condo is for sale you will see a sign out for it. Also look in the paper.
There is no standard answer to your question. Read your governing documents to determine what is possible in your case. There may be special fees you pay when you purchase a unit from a developer, which may be passed along to subsequent owners, or not -- according to what's written in your declaration.
There is no standard.