Plain-English training on reserves, compliance, board meetings, budgets, vendors, and everything else that comes with being a trustee, from the team that runs 60+ Boston associations. Free.
The job comes with no manual. Here's the one we wish every board member got on day one.
Read a reserve study, set a funding target, and avoid the surprise assessment owners can't afford.
What M.G.L. c. 183A actually requires of your board, and the inspections that quietly expire.
Run meetings that end on time, keep clean minutes, and take votes the right way.
Build a budget, collect dues, and keep financials your owners can actually trust.
Vet contractors, know a fair price, and stop overpaying for slow, marked-up work.
Understand your fiduciary duty, D&O coverage, and how to keep yourself personally protected.
A 2-minute lesson, in plain English.
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I'm Jarrett Lau. I run Green Ocean Property Management, where my team manages 60+ Massachusetts associations and 1,000+ condo units. I'm a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA) and an Association Management Specialist (AMS), and my family has been in Boston real estate since 1952.
I built Trustee Teacher because most trustees are smart volunteers who were never handed a playbook. So I'm giving you mine, free.
Run the free checklist on your association in 15 minutes and find the gaps.
The guides and Academy show you the full scope of the job, and what it costs to get wrong.
Put it to work yourself, or hand the whole thing to Green Ocean and stop carrying it alone.
The checklist and guides get you started. The Academy is where it comes together, a free, structured course plus a community of Massachusetts trustees, all in one place.
The more you learn here, the clearer it gets: this is a lot for a volunteer to carry, and the cost of getting it wrong falls on every owner. Green Ocean, the firm behind Trustee Teacher, manages 60+ Boston associations so your board doesn't have to.
Get the checklist and learn the essentials, free. And when your board decides it's time for professional management, Green Ocean is one call away.
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