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HOAs don't fail because accounting is hard. They fail because governance happens after money moves. Here's why stronger controls actually reduce burden on volunteers.
Workflow systems ask "did the right people click approve?" Ledger-driven systems ask "is this transaction legally, structurally, and financially permissible right now?" That difference matters.
Most affordable housing conversations focus on construction costs. But projects that get built still fail—because operational sustainability was never designed in.
Governance quality is an underwriting input. Insurers increasingly evaluate how associations run—not just what they own. This changes everything.
Most compliance failures originate in meetings, not spending. Here is why—and what boards can do about it.
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.
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