A small drip behind a toilet can turn into a seven-figure insurance claim, and carriers are paying attention. Nadav Schnall, CEO and co-founder of ProSentry, spent years as a property manager taking the call nobody wants at 2 a.m., and now he builds the technology meant to stop it. In this episode, he explains why insurers are watching water damage more closely than ever and what that could mean for your own policy. Board members will come away knowing where to start, what monitoring costs, and why his company's sensors never touch your building’s network. Habitat's Carol Ott conducts the interview.

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A Midtown co-op decided to begin to monitor shareholder insurance, but right away they found something unsettling: the governing documents never required anyone to carry a policy. Some owners were covered, others weren't, and the building had no power to insist. Kara Ryan, director of compliance for homeowners insurance monitoring at Mackoul Risk Solutions, walks board members through the case, as well as a Long Island HOA where owners held the wrong policy type and had no structural coverage at all. You'll hear why enforcement so often falls through the cracks, who ends up exposed when it does, how often to revisit your requirements, and the one thing to check first. Habitat's Emily Myers conducts the interview.

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A routine facade project turned into a $1.6 million garage overhaul at a Queens condo, and the board never saw the biggest surprise coming. Michel Monteiro, senior project engineer at Cowley Engineering, walks through what happened once crews started working on the concrete. He explains why the worst damage was not where anyone expected, how the board paid for the work, and how phasing the repairs kept 150 parking spaces from sparking a resident revolt. Monteiro also shares the warning signs every board member should know and the testing that can head off a dangerous discovery. Habitat's Emily Myers conducts the interview.

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