Archive for January 2025
Everything You Need to Know About HOA Accounting
Volunteering for your HOA is more than going to meetings, approving requests, enforcing violations, and planning events. It’s also about being responsible for the organization’s money. As an HOA volunteer, you’re entrusted with fiduciary duties. You and your fellow board members must ensure the HOA uses its funds wisely, and you have to keep track…
Read MoreMultigenerational Households: A Growing Trend in Self-managed HOAs
Key Takeaways Neighborhoods governed by homeowners associations aren’t only for single individuals, couples, or retirees. It’s becoming more common for large families to reside in self-managed HOA communities, A gradual lifestyle shift has occurred in American households over the last several decades. From 1971 to 2021, the number of individuals living in multigenerational homes quadrupled…
Read MoreNextGen Homebuyers: Very Demure, Very Mindful
As you embark on the exciting journey of purchasing your first home, you’re joining a growing number of next-generation homebuyers stepping into the real estate market earlier than ever. Whether you’re driven by a desire for financial independence or simply looking to plant roots in a community that reflects your values, your approach to homeownership…
Read MoreBeyond Living Next Door—Building Real Connections in an HOA
An HOA is a unique setting. Even though residents live in the same community, they might not feel connected. If they don’t know what’s happening in the neighborhood, like which events are being planned, they’ll feel like the HOA is just somewhere they live and not an association to which they belong. Unlike typical neighborhoods,…
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