HOA Sites Blog

Christine Ponce • September 30, 2026November 11, 2026 • 18 min. read

What financial information your HOA website should (and shouldn’t) show owners

About 78.1 million Americans live in roughly 373,000 community associations, which together cover 29.6 million housing units. Every one of those households pays into a budget. In

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Christine Ponce • September 28, 2026November 11, 2026 • 17 min. read

HOA website design best practices

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Christine Ponce • September 24, 2026November 11, 2026 • 14 min. read

HOA website templates: what every page should include

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Christine Ponce • September 17, 2026October 30, 2026 • 14 min. read

AI Website Builder vs. HOA Website Company: Which Is Better for Your Community?

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Christine Ponce • September 14, 2026November 11, 2026 • 15 min. read

Pros and Cons of Using an AI Website Builder for HOAs

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Christine Ponce • September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 • 14 min. read

15 HOA website examples worth copying

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Christine Ponce • July 7, 2026November 11, 2026 • 9 min. read

Fewer payment questions: website FAQs, auto-receipts, and payment history

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Christine Ponce • July 3, 2026November 11, 2026 • 10 min. read

3 Ways Your HOA Website Can Reduce Late Payments

Assessment income is the financial backbone of your HOA as it funds roughly 85 to 90 percent of most association operating budgets. So when homeowners fall behind

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Phillip Livingston • June 5, 2026September 10, 2026 • 13 min. read

What Residents Actually See When They Pay Through Your HOA Website

Most HOA boards think about their payment portal in purely operational terms: collect dues, reduce paper checks, and cut down on late notices. But the moment a

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Stephen Smellie • April 29, 2026November 11, 2026 • 10 min. read

Should Your HOA Website Accept Online Payments?

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Stephen Smellie • April 9, 2026September 10, 2026 • 10 min. read

ADA Compliance: Is Your HOA Website Accessible?

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Stephen Smellie • March 4, 2026October 30, 2026 • 10 min. read

Why an Integrated HOA Community Calendar Matters

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Stephen Smellie • February 24, 2026September 10, 2026 • 9 min. read

Wisconsin HOA transparency laws

Wisconsin is home to roughly 5,700 community associations housing around 777,000 residents across 325,000 homes. That is approximately 13.2% of the state's population living under community association

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Stephen Smellie • February 24, 2026September 10, 2026 • 8 min. read

Nevada HOA transparency laws

Homeowner associations always spark strong reactions. People either love them or can't stand them. Yet regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, HOAs represent the nation's

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Stephen Smellie • February 3, 2026September 10, 2026 • 10 min. read

Is your HOA website legally compliant? Transparency laws explained

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Stephen Smellie • January 23, 2026January 26, 2026 • 15 min. read

2026 HOA website compliance guide state-by-state

In my years working with HOA boards across the country, I’ve watched the shift from paper notices pinned to physical bulletin boards to digital platforms happen almost

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Kim Brown • November 17, 2025January 27, 2026 • 9 min. read

Nevada HOA website requirements 2026 – What you need to know

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Kim Brown • November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 • 9 min. read

Why HOAs wait too long to collect fees

Boards that care for HOAs without a full-time manager are busy! The work never ends, and it can be hard to prioritize responsibilities when everything feels important.

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Kim Brown • October 15, 2025January 27, 2026 • 7 min. read

Can you really restrict big dogs in an HOA?

Dogs are treated like (or better than) family in pet-friendly households. But not everyone feels such affection for these four-legged friends. Unfortunately, it’s usually bad owner behavior,

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Kim Brown • September 19, 2025September 19, 2025 • 9 min. read

5 common HOA problems that spark owner outrage

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Kim Brown • September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 • 7 min. read

Why are HOA fees so high?

40 million U.S. households, or just over half of homeowners, live in HOA communities, reports iPropertyManagement.com. Like them or loath them, HOA communities are becoming more prevalent, making

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Phillip Livingston • August 29, 2025September 10, 2026 • 2 min. read

Property Control launches as the parent company behind Condo Control, HOA Central, HOA Sites, and Patrol Points

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Kim Brown • August 25, 2025August 26, 2025 • 8 min. read

The best HOA website software

If you think an HOA website is just a digital bulletin board, it's time to rethink its potential. HOA website platforms have evolved quite a bit, and

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Kim Brown • July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 • 6 min. read

Navigating HOA décor: Can you have lights up all year?

HOAs favor uniformity to maintain or enhance property value. For this reason, they create architectural standards and complementary rules so that homes are aesthetically pleasing to all.

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Kim Brown • July 11, 2025July 29, 2025 • 6 min. read

How to prepare for and participate in your HOA’s annual meeting

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Kim Brown • June 27, 2025July 29, 2025 • 7 min. read

HOA website checklist: What you need to get started

Is it hard to build an HOA website? Not anymore. If you can drag and drop photos, and come up with a bit of crafty copy, then

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Kim Brown • June 13, 2025June 17, 2025 • 6 min. read

Texas’ HOA website requirements 2025 – What you need to know

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Kim Brown • May 22, 2025November 11, 2026 • 6 min. read

6 reasons why every HOA needs a website in 2025

Do you enjoy answering the same questions from owners every day? Do you find that making regular trips to the bank helps you relax? Or, maybe you

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Kim Brown • May 15, 2025November 11, 2026 • 7 min. read

Self-managed HOA? Here’s how a website makes life easier for owners and the board

In a self-managed HOA, every task, decision, and responsibility falls onto the community members. Owners must step up and share the burden of managing a community, but

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Kim Brown • May 5, 2025November 11, 2026 • 6 min. read

Does your HOA website need a refresh? Here’s how to tell

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Kim Brown • April 16, 2025November 11, 2026 • 7 min. read

Document organization best practices for HOAs

If you had to guess, how many records do you think your HOA produces and acquires in one month? Consider all of the invoices, minutes, and requests.

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Kim Brown • March 26, 2025November 11, 2026 • 7 min. read

How to collect HOA dues online with a website

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Kim Brown • March 11, 2025October 30, 2026 • 8 min. read

HOA website builders vs. custom websites: Which one is right for you?

So you need a website for your HOA, but you aren’t sure if your team can manage building one without professional help. This article will help you

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Kim Brown • February 19, 2025November 17, 2025 • 7 min. read

HOA website compliance: What you need to know

Is an HOA website too risky? This was a reasonable question to ask 15 years ago. But now, not having a community website could be considered risky,

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Kim Brown • February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 • 7 min. read

What’s the difference between a web portal and a website?

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Abigail Guevara • January 28, 2025January 30, 2025 • 5 min. read

How self-managed HOAs save time and money

Time is money. Often, self-managed HOAs need to be careful with both, as they are limited commodities when managing their communities. Self-managed HOAs typically have 200 units

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Abigail Guevara • January 28, 2025February 3, 2025 • 8 min. read

How to motivate residents to use their HOA website

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Stephen Smellie • January 17, 2025October 30, 2026 • 8 min. read

7 tools every self-managed HOA needs

Self-managed homeowner associations (HOAs) operate without a property management company. Instead, they are operated by a Board of Directors who are members of the communities and volunteer

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Abigail Guevara • January 3, 2025October 30, 2026 • 8 min. read

Your practical guide to HOA resolutions in 2025

We all may have heard the term resolution, usually in context of New Year’s Eve. It signals a change, clarity or decision made going forward. HOA resolutions

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Abigail Guevara • January 3, 2025October 30, 2026 • 12 min. read

Creating a website for your HOA: All you need to know

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Abigail Guevara • January 2, 2025October 30, 2026 • 10 min. read

12 best practices to promote your HOA website

You’ve invested in and created an amazing HOA website for your community members to attract visitors. The question is now, what can you do to encourage HOA

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Kim Brown • December 22, 2024October 30, 2026 • 13 min. read

Florida’s HOA website requirement 2025 – Everything you need to know

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