When a new member joins your home owner's association, you want them to feel welcome. This ensures they're accepted into the community and may even boost retention rates. You can use digital or physical avenues for welcoming new homeowners. If... (Read More)

There are plenty of ways to improve communication within your HOA. Having an informative website and portal helps homeowners find key information and make payments. Signage is, of course, another great way to communicate with homeowners. And we know... (Read More)

Mistakes happen. But some can be costly, especially when you're a member of an HOA board. To help avoid them, we've listed some of the most common ones below. 1. Choosing a vendor without considering your options A vendor needs to be chosen... (Read More)

When you're looking for a community management company for your homeowner's association to partner with, it's important to do your research. There are plenty of things you want your community management company to offer. You need a community... (Read More)

There are many issues that can pop up in an HOA. Board members have other obligations outside of their job on the board. They have families, work, and other things to attend to. The bottom line is they're bound to be juggling things. Unfortunately... (Read More)

If you're on an HOA board, then you're probably aware of your community's pet policies. There are several rules regarding pets that HOAs can consider. Some HOAs have a policy not to allow any pets; others allow pets, but only of a certain breed or... (Read More)

Anytime you gather with the HOA board, there's a risk the meeting will go off target and run too long. The problem with this is that it not only wastes everyone's time, but it also isn't productive. When we go off on tangents, it takes us away from... (Read More)

There's a lot to be done when you're on an HOA board. You know this all too well, which is why you probably hired a community management company to assist. However, you may have found that not all community management companies are created... (Read More)

When you're looking for a community management company to handle your association, you should be careful and learn as much as you can. There are dozens of community management companies out there but they don't all offer the same things. You want... (Read More)