Insights on HOA governance and document management

Parking generates more HOA complaints than almost any other topic. Here's why parking rules are so contentious, where they live in your governing documents, and what homeowners and boards need to know about enforcement.

HOA pet policies are among the most searched and most misunderstood rules in any community. Here's why they're confusing, where the rules actually live, and what homeowners and boards should do about it.

An honest look behind the curtain: a single document kept knocking one of our servers offline, we confidently fixed the wrong thing for a day and a half, and the real cause turned out to be smaller — and stranger — than any of us expected.

Building a fence in an HOA community is never a simple yes or no. Here's everything a homeowner needs to check — CC&Rs, architectural review, rules, and municipal code — before breaking ground.

HOA communities are governed by multiple documents — and they don't always agree. Here's the hierarchy that resolves conflicts, real-world examples, and what boards and homeowners should do when the rules contradict each other.

Most homeowners think the board president calls the shots. The real process involves quorum requirements, formal votes, and rules about what the board can decide alone versus what requires a homeowner vote.