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An HOA Board Member Guide to Taking Minutes

 Keeping good minutes is a necessity for every board meeting. Good minutes serves multiple purposes including: keeping your board organized, keeping the board on task, and keeping your board transparent for the members. Many states have requirements that HOAs should keep meeting minutes of all board members, whether through HOA specific laws, or through the state's nonprofit corporation laws. And in most cases, the HOA is legally obligated to furnish the meetings to an owner upon receiving a request. If you're not taking minutes now, or maybe you're a new HOA board member and need some help, you've come to the right place! What are HOA board meeting minutes? Homeowner associations are nonprofit corporations or cooperatives ran by a volunteer group of homeowners called the HOA board. Much like any board of directors, whether in a company or a nonprofit organization, regular meetings are held to discuss business and to handle issues in the organization. HOA boards will me...

3 Common Misconceptions about HOA Management Companies

When it comes to managing homeowner associations, you're going to find a wide variety of opinions on the subject, as well as HOAs in general. Some board members refuse to have an outside company and insist on doing everything themselves. Other board members are too busy, too inexperienced, or too burned out and want to have a company. Whatever the reason might be for hiring an hoa management company for your homeowner or condominium association, is to understand WHY you want to hire one, weigh the pros and cons, and then make an informed decision. Unfortunately, we've seen many people have misconceptions about HOA management companies and we hope to clear the air a bit. First, we'll start with intent. Intent Some board members, and even homeowners, view the management company as "the bad guy." Angry homeowners will blame the management company as the overbearing rule enforcer who's making their lives miserable and is just there to take the money from the home...