Can you recommend a security camera company or individual cameras that can be used to provide security? Any estimates of the cost?

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

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Who implements procedures board members should follow especially for cost saving measures ? Should mortgage be paid in full before improvements are made or considered? Thank you for your time!

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When we create a budget for say 2019, re create a "wish list" as a Board and management... I then merge it with a list containing any mandatory projects (Local law, violations if any, liability mitigation, etc), then prioritize the list based on
1-emergency work
2-required work (with timelines)
3-needs
4-wants/desired work or improvements
Improvements get further categorized by which brings the most return not just financially, but overall value to the building community.
Then, based on either experience or bidding, I assign budget numbers to each line item and a timeline. This capital budget should always be run and executed in tandem with your operating budget and the mortgage balance or service should not effect the decisions to drive any project.
The payoff of the mortgage and weather that should be done or not would be another conversation.
I hope that helped!
~AR

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I have one company that I use that is less expensive and fast, but requires a little babysitting because they are sloppy if you don't watch them; then I have another company that is more expensive and a bit slower, but I do not need to watch them.. both have excellent after installation service.. which would you like?

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Thank you for your reponse and please forward both companies information.

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It depends on what you want out of your security system.

the absolute cheapest option is a WYZEcam ($30) & an sdcard. You can hold 2 years worth of recordings & check manually if needed.

You can trigger motion alerts if someone accesses a restricted area as well.

If wifi is available you can simply share the feed from the app. You can emulate a more professional system by installing an alternate firmware.

In my case it was a lot cheaper & easier to install than trying to salvage the professionally installed system & with better video quality, nightvision, mic & speaker & motion alerts.

You just need wifi & an outlet & power for usb, you can put a battery pack inline to record during a power outage too.

I'd recommend disabling cloud uploads/alternate firmware if privacy is a concern.

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