MicroHOA The management solution for small HOAs

09/24/2026

💡 Board Member Spotlight! Get to know one of the volunteers helping shape the future of their community.

09/17/2026

A reserve study can influence your association's planning for years. Ask better questions before you hire the provider.

If your small HOA is shopping for a reserve study, we want to connect you with good questions to ask---from a small HOA perspective.

One of the party favors from our small HOA webinar last Saturday is our:

📋 10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Reserve Study Provider

It covers costs, relevant experience, full studies vs. updates, multi-year contracts, small-association options—and an increasingly important question: What funding models will appear in your final study? And do we even know what that means???

Get the checklist and the rest of our webinar party favors.
[email protected]

09/16/2026

If you missed our Reserve Studies for Small HOAs webinar, last Saturday, we saved you the party favors. 🎉

Reserve studies can get complicated fast: How much should we save? What if we simply can’t afford the recommendation? And what do the changing lender requirements mean for owners trying to sell?

We broke it down specifically for small HOA and condo boards—and created practical takeaways (aka party favors) you can use after the webinar is over.

Because nobody volunteers for an HOA board hoping to become a reserve funding expert.

Missed the webinar? Grab the party favors and get caught up. [email protected]

09/14/2026

NO WAY are you wasting your time going to your HOA's annual meeting. And you don't like HOA dues increases. Think those things might be connected? Here's why your small HOA's annual meeting is worth an hour of your evening.

It's where the HOA budget gets presented, board members get elected, and shared expenses get discussed — including the ones that affect your dues.

It's also the easiest place to ask a question and get a real answer, instead of piecing things together from a group chat.

And practically: HOAs need a minimum number of owners present to conduct business at all. Show up, and things can actually get decided. Maybe in a way you'll understand and like.

Are you going to yours this year?

09/10/2026

We say it, and we mean it.

The board and the community are in charge — even when we don't agree. This comes up a lot around planning for reserve and repair funding.

We'll give you our honest recommendation about what you need for the future. If you make a hard choice to not follow a reserve funding plan, or if we think the numbers point to a special assessment, we'll say so plainly. And if the board decides differently, we respect that and set it up at your direction.

That's the deal. Real expertise on tap, zero loss of control.

It's your community, and your homes. We mean it.

09/09/2026

A board member at a small HOA asked: What actually happens if our HOA's reserve funds don't cover a big scheduled maintenance item?

Usually one of three things:
• A special assessment — everyone gets a bill, often a large one
• The repair gets delayed, and gets more expensive
• Larger communities might be able to get a loan the community pays back with interest--but if your HOA is less than 25 units, this may not be an option at all!

None of those are fun. All of them are avoidable with sound reserve planning.

The good news for small communities: you're not alone. Let's talk about strategies to prevent this from happening at your community.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day to everyone doing the volunteer work of their HOAs!

The board member who runs the meeting. The one who somehow became treasurer and is now fluent in reserve funds. The neighbor who works with the landscaper.

Small HOA boards run on volunteer hours and goodwill. We see it every day, and it's genuinely impressive.

Know someone on your board who's earned a thank-you? Tag them.

09/03/2026

Planning for the funds to handle big maintenance projects is a particularly BIG burden for our small HOAs. Not only can the reserve contributions drive owner fees up (and they're VERY happy about it🫢 ), but just the cost of getting the reserve planning done can be tough.

MicroHOA offers reserve planning options in-house. For a formal study, we connect boards to one of our trusted reserve specialist partners.

We will make sure you have options for the your management needs. We'd rather tell you plainly what we do and don't do — and make sure you get to the right person either way.

Get info on reserve planning for your association at our September webinar.

Reserve planning — the financial plan for dealing with big-ticket maintenance — has particular challenges for small HOAs. As we come into budget pl...

09/01/2026

A reserve study is one of the most important financial planning tools for small HOAs.

It's your community's financial plan and savings account for the big stuff — roofs, roads, siding, fences. Things that don't need replacing this year, but will eventually, and won't be cheap when they do.

Money goes in a little at a time so nobody gets hit with a surprise bill later. That's the whole idea.

We're talking reserves all month in September. If you want to get your head around reserve planning as it relates to small HOAs, join us for our September webinar.

Reserve planning — the financial plan for dealing with big-ticket maintenance — has particular challenges for small HOAs. As we come into budget pl...

08/26/2026

Quick question for homeowners: do you know what your HOA’s reserve fund is for?

Short version — it’s the community’s savings for big-ticket repairs down the road (roofs, roads, that kind of thing). A healthy reserve means no scramble for a surprise special assessment later — and it’s one of the quiet things buyers and lenders look at when you sell.

Well-planned reserves protect your community and your property value.

We’ll be talking reserves all through September. Got a reserve question now? Ask below — we’ll dig in.