Posts by Jesse Hitt
Manage HOA Reserve Funds Like a Pro With Tech
Key Takeaways: A good quality of life in a managed community depends on the health of the property. The condition of everything from sidewalks to swimming pools has a direct impact on homeowner happiness, property values, and the HOA’s reputation. To support long-term sustainability, self-managed HOAs need to prepare for the replacement of major components…
Read MoreHOA Accounting Software: From Paperwork to Pixels
You walk past your dining room table, which has somehow become a substitute desk-slash-filing-cabinet-for-the-HOA. Instead of dinner guests, it hosts teetering towers of bills, forms, receipts, and checks. Your stomach gives an anxious twist, and you think, Did the Pattersons’ check for their garbage can fine ever turn up? I haven’t lost it, but… I…
Read MoreNew Florida HOA Website Law Requires Websites by 2025
HOA leaders are busy people, sacrificing countless hours to serve their neighbors. They make those sacrifices because they care about building community connections, maintaining outstanding properties, and preserving homeowners’ property values. If you serve as an HOA volunteer or leader, chances are, your heart is big and your to-do list is long. HOA leaders in…
Read MoreGreater Transparency Leads to Healthier Condo Communities
Living in a community managed by a good condo association can be life-changing. Residents enjoy meaningful community connections, excellent maintenance, and good property values. Well-managed condo communities offer social events, maintain clean and safe properties and amenities, and foster a spirit of respect and camaraderie among neighbors. Unfortunately, living in a community managed by a…
Read MoreBuild Community with Condominium Association Management Software
Condo living is about more than enjoying excellent amenities, convenient maintenance, and high property values—residents also love being part of a tight-knit community. But with so many neighbors living in close proximity, excellent communication is key to preventing misunderstandings, frustrations, and conflict. The HOA or condo board is tasked with facilitating open and honest communication…
Read MoreHOA Software for Property Management Companies
Key Takeaways: Resident retention, combating rising costs, sustainability, and embracing technology. If you’re a property management company, these are just a few of the current industry trends you need to keep your eye on. Here’s a hint – the last one, embracing technology, will help you address the others. But it needs to be the…
Read MoreHow to Turn HOA Hate into HOA Love
Over a quarter of US homeowners live in a community governed by an HOA, according to a YouGov survey from December 2023. However, almost half of those people said they would prefer not to live in an HOA-governed neighborhood. They have negative opinions about these organizations, ranging from how HOAs are governed to how they…
Read MoreHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My HOA
A quick search of Reddit will give you an abundance of HOA management horror stories that will have your eyes rolling so far back into your head that they may never return. Here are a few select highlights 🙄 “My HOA demands that trash cans be at the curb for no more than THREE HOURS…
Read MoreHOA Self Management Software Can Help Share Common Spaces
The biggest selling points for most HOAs are the community spaces. You can enjoy the amenities of a pool, clubhouse, basketball and pickleball courts, playgrounds, ponds, parks, and gardens without having to bear the brunt of the cost when they require maintenance. But it all only works if every homeowner pays their share in HOA…
Read MoreHOA Management Software and Climate-Focused Residents
Key Takeaways: Millennials, once accused of destroying the housing market, are now becoming active participants in homeownership, significantly shifting the demographics your HOA management serves. With that change in demographics comes a shift in expectations, which for millennials often means more transparency and a focus on sustainability. With the right HOA management software, your HOA…
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