Once again my theory of the management companies h...

Once again my theory of the management companies has been proven.
Any management company can do the financial end of an HOA: pay bills, keep the books straight, do the yearly budget, answer the phone. But it is the property manager, who is responsible for the day to day operations of the HOA that is the lynch pin. If the HOA does not get a good manager it will show in your property. Our property manager had 7 properties under her management. I can only speak for ours and we were definitely short changed. Property visits were almost non-existent even though contract calls visits every 7-10 days. No supervision of vendors or large projects on the property. As to advising the board.....we were on our own. Enforcing Rules and Regulations was the last thing on the list and consequently were rarely done except under extreme pressure from the board. Board members had a free reign to decide what and how the rules were enforced. The fiduciary responsibility of board members was never
mentioned or fully explained. Our spring walk thru list of damages/ repairs was never fully completed.
It is not the property management that makes your HOA a success ...it is the property manager. So find a good one. If you are unhappy try to get another manager. You may have to fight for it but do not let up your fight.

We are a 20+ year HOA. We have had 3 management companies and 6 property managers. Out of those 6 one was a good manager.