The Real Job of An HOA Management Company Considered

Have you ever wondered why you need a management company to help your little local community run its own affairs in a Home Owner's Association? Well, it's because there are so many rules, laws, lawsuits, lawyers, and restrictions everywhere you look. It has spawned a whole new sector of HOA Management. So, what is the real job of an HOA management company you ask? Well, let me shed some light on this and give you a solid answer if I might.

Their job is to put off doing anything, while continually collecting money from the homeowners and thus, ensure there will be money in the kitty and on the books to make sure the management company gets paid. To do this, the management company representative comes to HOA board meetings and deflects any and all requests, objections, or complaints from homeowners with excuses such as more time needed, verify the rules, check the budget, and/or to form another committee to look into to it all.

Interestingly enough, the homeowners go to the meeting to address their concerns but the meeting itself is designed to do nothing, prolong decisions, and put off doing anything. One could say that the reason for the meetings is thus, the exact opposite of the purported reason for it. Some believe that things get done in meetings, but that's really not true, and it is surprising so many people are continually mislead, and believe it is so.

Now then, in some cases, since usually humans make really bad decisions, making no decision on any relevant time table might indeed turn out to the be a good thing, unless unfortunately time is actually of the essence, then the system fails. HOAs are a lot like government, and perhaps this explains why our government is so screwed up.

Okay so, what happens when you mix in a massive amount of rules, regulations, and accounting laws from government into the methods used by communities to run their own affairs in an HOA? Well, you get yet another layer of bureaucracy. Many folks wonder how come so many people are fed up with more laws in our society and the heavy hands of state and federal government, well, just get involved in your own community, on the school board, a city council, or an HOA. If you want a real rude awakening go run a business and see for yourself what's wrong.

Well, that's it for now, but I may as well stop before I get too cynical in my observations. Please consider all this and think on it.