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HOA accounting should not feel like mystery math. Board members should not have to squint at reports, guess whether vendor payments went out, wonder if assessments were posted correctly, or spend half the meeting trying to figure out what the numbers actually mean. Yet for many HOA boards, that is exactly what happens. The financials…
It comes up more often than you might expect. A board is looking to reduce costs, someone does the math, and the question gets floated: do we really need financial reports every month, or could we get by with quarterly? It is a reasonable question on the surface. Fewer reports means less work, and if…
A tree trimming crew comes through the property, does their work, packs up, and leaves without anyone noticing that one of their trucks clipped an underground water pipe on the way out. The pipe does not burst dramatically. It just leaks, slowly and steadily, underground where nobody can see it. The water keeps running, the…
Every budget season, boards face the same uncomfortable conversation. Costs are up, insurance is higher, maintenance is more expensive, and somewhere in the room someone says what everyone is thinking: if we raise assessments again, homeowners are going to be upset. So the board holds the line, the budget stays flat or goes up less…
Most boards do not set out to overspend. The budget gets approved, the year gets underway, and somewhere along the way the numbers start drifting. A vendor bill comes in higher than expected, a repair costs more than projected, or an expense gets approved without anyone checking where the budget stands that month. Any one…
Most HOA boards do not think about the culture of the accounting firm they hire. They think about price, responsiveness, and whether the reports arrive on time. Those things matter. But after years of working with communities across the country, I have come to believe that culture is the reason those things happen or do…
Nobody joins an HOA board because they want to spend their weekends managing spreadsheets. They join because they care about where they live. They want to help maintain property values, keep the community well-run, and make sure their neighbors have a voice in how things are managed. That is genuinely good reason to volunteer….
Every few months a story comes out that reminds me exactly why I started Community Financials. Last April a property manager in Martin County, Florida was arrested and charged with 124 felony counts after allegedly stealing nearly $200,000 from multiple HOA communities she was hired to serve. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office the…
Insurance premiums have been one of the fastest-growing line items in HOA and condo budgets for the past several years. According to a study by ICE Mortgage Technology, premiums rose 70 percent between 2019 and 2025, and for associations dropped by their carriers, the jump was far worse, with many ending up in the excess…
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