The Ultimate Amenity - Pool Rules and Challenges in your Community Association
In a bid to attract affluent tenants to their locales, many homeowner associations are offering more amenities than ever...
Protesting or Appealing Your Property Tax Assessment in Texas
Texas has one of the highest effective property tax rates in the country, at 1.69% it's well above the national average of...
A Detailed Guide to HOA Documents | What Documents Should You Have?
Some of the documents you should review as a homeowner includes the association's governing documents, its official records...
Pest Control in HOA and Condo Associations: Everything You Should Know for Spring
Pests are a common problem many homeowners face, whether under home associations or otherwise. In homeowner associations,...
Tree Trimming and Maintenance: Common HOA Tree Policy Questions
Many times HOA community board members have to answer questions about landscaping and specifically regarding trees. It is...
How to Promote an Energy-Efficient and Eco-Friendly HOA
Eco-friendly HOA practices contribute to an eco-friendly community that allows families to live in harmony with nature....
Bad News Boards | 5 Tips to Delivering Bad News
As an HOA board member, it is inevitable that at some point, you will have to deliver bad news to homeowners and the members...
5 Effective Ways to Properly Budget and Save Your HOA Money
Saving money is an admirable goal and one that many of us try to accomplish, but when you are running an HOA, it can be...
How to Change the Rules of Your HOA - Part 2
Earlier this week, we started a discussion on changing your community rules, starting with the very basics of reviewing the...
How to Change the Rules of Your HOA - Part 1
Every HOA and condo association is defined by its governing rules. The rules in the By-Laws and the CC&Rs shape how the...