HOA Software for Self-Managed Associations
The Statute Is in the Software,
Not in a PDF.
You are volunteers carrying statutory obligations personally. The software should know the rules better than you have time to.
Free. Nothing to migrate.
Not In a PDF
The Rules Are Enforced,
Not Just Documented.
Meeting notice validated before a date is written, and by meeting type, not discovered afterwards.
The rule-change comment period enforced as a hard block, so a rule cannot be adopted early by accident.
Assessment increases checked against your own CC&Rs and the Civil Code, with the limit and the actual figure named when something is refused.
Executive-session material kept out of member-visible storage.
Traceable
Every Figure Carries
the Clause Behind It.
Budget lines carry the clause that prescribed how that cost is shared, quoted verbatim.
When an owner asks why their assessment went up, the answer is on the page rather than in someone’s memory.
Minutes route to the secretary for signature and file themselves where members can find them.
Starting
You Do Not Need a Vote
to Try It.
Approving an agreement takes a meeting, an agenda item and a vote: thirty to sixty days. Starting costs nothing and needs none of that.
Take the one thing that is actually due (the budget, or the next meeting) and leave everything else exactly where it is.
You only need the board when you decide to move the books here.
What You Stop Risking
You Volunteered for the Community,
Not for the Civil Code.
The notice periods, the comment periods, the assessment caps and the executive-session limits are enforced by the system rather than remembered by whoever read the most. That is the part of the job nobody signed up for.
What software do self-managed HOAs use?
Most use a spreadsheet, a shared drive and email, because the platforms are sold to management companies. The operational tools here are free permanently and are the same ones a professional manager would use.
How do we know we are following the law?
Meeting notice is validated before a date is written, the rule-change comment period is a hard block rather than a reminder, and an assessment increase is checked against your own CC&Rs and the statute, with the limit and the actual figure named when something is refused.
Do we need a management company to use this?
No. Boards run it directly. If you later bring in a manager, nothing has to move.
How much does HOA software cost for a self-managed association?
The operational tools - budgets, board meetings, rules, violations, contracts and maintenance - are free permanently, with no trial and no credit card to start. If the association collects assessments online, each payment carries a $0.50 + 0.25% processing add-on on top of Stripe's rates. After your first board meeting and first rule, meeting briefs and rule drafting are billed at what the AI provider charges us. Moving the books here is a flat $1.00 per unit per month, when you choose it.
Can a self-managed HOA collect dues online?
Yes. The association connects its own Stripe account, assessments post and owners get reminded automatically, and late fees and interest follow your governing documents rather than a volunteer's nerve.
How long does setup take?
An afternoon. Upload the CC&Rs, bylaws and unit list; the system reads the documents and configures the limits itself. There is no data migration, because nothing has to move for this to work.
Let the Software Carry
the Part You Never Wanted.
Set up your association this afternoon. It is free, permanently.
A free tool you can use on its own. Nothing to migrate.