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CAI MEMBERSHIP Types and Annual Dues:

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the pest control company directly to obtain costs, then dazzle them with your ability to reduce this cost for your community. After all, you have a community to treat and not just one home and that means lower costs are delivered through buying power. Buying power can exponentially improve when your management company can leverage their entire portfolio. After all, every community can use pest control services. Poor preparation can often increase costs and impede pest control, so ensure you’ve been open and honest with your decision makers that these actions can affect their finances or their residential living terms.

Major cities, like Chicago, have enacted ordinances for handling bedbugs due to the threat of pests spreading. If you have them, unless you specifically target them, they will persist, multiply and take over. For this reason, you must be familiar with your municipality’s ordinances, reporting requirements, and record-keeping requirements. By law, a landlord usually must keep a unit and building in a safe and sanitary condition, and conduct needed repairs in a timely manner. Major cities will issue violations to owners who do not properly maintain a property. Residents whose unit owners or communities are not responsive to complaints of pests can file a complaint with their city or seek assistance in housing courts. A proactive manager should continuously further his or her understanding of regional/local pest

issues, techniques and laws, and consult their experienced peers for best practices.

The best news, and there is some, is that the problem of pests is preventable and you can overcome a pest infestation.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about, nor should you judge anyone else. It’s better to live next door to someone who cares and reports a pest problem, rather than live next door to someone scared who does nothing. As a managing agent, success lies in how well we handle urgent issues, but more so, if we can prevent them from occurring at all. Following the steps described here will greatly increase your chances of creating your own success story in keeping your community pest-free.

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