Governance
Selective enforcement is the fastest way to lose.
When a board enforces a rule against one owner and not another, it does not just create resentment. It hands that owner a defense.
Insights · FOR BOARDS & OWNERS
The questionsboards actually ask.
Plain-English guidance on governance, reserves, enforcement, and the decisions that shape a community for decades.
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Reserves & Capital Planning
Your reserve study is not a suggestion.
Most boards treat the reserve study as a document to file. It is the clearest statement of what your community will cost over thirty years — and the earliest warning of a special assessment.
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Finance
Why your dues went up — and why they'll go up again.
Insurance, labor, and materials have outpaced most association budgets. Here is how to explain that to owners without a fight.
Maintenance
Deferred maintenance is a loan with terrible terms.
Postponing a roof does not save money. It finances the roof at an interest rate nobody voted on.
Board Leadership
The first 90 days of a new board.
Every board turnover risks losing institutional knowledge. A structured first ninety days prevents it.
Transition
Developer turnover: what your board must demand.
The transition from developer control is the single highest-leverage moment in a community's financial life — and it is routinely handled badly.
