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Management companies claim self-management increases liability. The reality? The HOA always carries the liability—and proper systems reduce risk better than any third-party manager.
Effective January 1, 2026, significant changes to Washington HOA law (SB 5129/WUCIOA) go into force. Learn what boards must do to comply with new meeting, transparency, and payment requirements—and how …
Every board member has fiduciary duty. Most understand it vaguely. Here is what fiduciary duty actually requires and how to prove you are fulfilling it.
Reserve funds exist to protect homeowners from special assessments. These three laws define what protection actually means and how to verify your reserves are truly protected.
In proper accounting systems, the ledger is not a report generated from a database. The ledger is the database. This distinction determines whether your records are trustworthy.
Every accounting system keeps history. Not every system makes that history trustworthy. Immutability is the architectural principle that separates reliable records from editable spreadsheets.
Single-tenant software installed on local servers was the standard. Multi-tenant cloud architecture is not just a deployment choice. It is a governance requirement.
Data integrity sounds like an IT problem. For HOA boards, it is a fiduciary issue. Corrupted or unreliable financial data creates personal liability.
Every HOA uses the term "fund accounting." Few understand what it actually requires. Here is the foundational concept that separates real HOA accounting from dressed-up bookkeeping.
You just became HOA treasurer. Here is exactly what you need to understand, verify, and establish in your first three months to protect yourself and your community.
QuickBooks is excellent software for small businesses. It is fundamentally wrong for HOAs. Here is why fund accounting requires purpose-built architecture.
The software tracked every dollar perfectly. It just didn't stop us from spending reserve funds on operating expenses. Here's why tracking isn't enough.
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