Compliance
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Moving Money vs Governing Money: Two Architectures, Two Risk Models
Payment rails and accounting systems solve fundamentally different problems. Confusing them creates risk that most organizations don't see until it's too late.
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What Does Compliance Actually Mean for HOAs?
Compliance isn't paperwork—it's risk control. Most boards treat compliance as a checklist. The boards that understand it treat it as governance infrastructure.
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What Is Fiduciary Duty for HOA Board Members?
Board members are fiduciaries. This legal status carries real obligations that most board members don't fully understand—until something goes wrong.
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Why Audit Trails Fail in Most HOA Software
Your software claims to have an "audit trail." But can you prove exactly how every journal entry was created, by whom, under what rules? Most …
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Why Optional Fields Destroy Data Integrity
Every optional field in your accounting system is a future data quality problem. Here's why "required" isn't restrictive—it's protective.
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What Does "Percent Funded" Actually Mean?
Your reserve study says you're "65% funded." But funded for what? When? This metric is more nuanced than most board members realize.
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What Is Posting Provenance?
Every journal entry should know exactly how it was created—which rules were applied, which accounts were used, and why. This is posting provenance.
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What Is Fund Accounting (Really)?
Fund accounting isn't just "tracking money in buckets." It's a legal and fiduciary framework that most HOA software gets fundamentally wrong.