In 2022, 66% of new builds in Texas were part of an HOA community.
If you're one of the many Texans now living in a community association, you may be wondering how it all works. HOA living should come with a vast set of benefits, such as community-wide maintenance, continued development, and high property values.
One of the hallmarks of association life is community communication. You need to be able to talk to your community leaders when you need something, whether it be paying your dues or requesting home repairs. Keep reading and we'll tell you how an owner portal system can make HOA life easier.
1. Easier HOA Fee Collection
Your association community runs on HOA fees, so fee collection must be a streamlined process. Unless your community has a professional HOA manager, it falls to your HOA treasurer to collect fees from every homeowner in the community.
This can be a tall task for a volunteer, which is why an HOA portal makes so much sense. A portal provides a convenient way for homeowners to pay their monthly HOA dues without having to chase the board down, or vice versa.
2. Requesting Maintenance Information
When you live in an HOA, one of the benefits should be continued maintenance of common areas, as well as certain aspects of individual properties. Again, this requires strong organization and vendor coordination from your leaders.
That said, your HOA board or managers won't always see maintenance issues as soon as they arise. An HOA owner portal allows the community to work together to keep things maintained. You can log onto the portal and make maintenance requests with the click of a button.
3. Enforce HOA Rules
Governance and compliance can be a contentious aspect of association management. Everyone should abide by the governing documents laid out by the HOA board, but there will always be rule breakers.
It can be awkward for homeowners to confront one another about broken rules. An HOA portal allows individual homeowners to reach out to HOA management to report issues in the community, whether it's a noise complaint or an unauthorized pet.
In the end, the portal will help the community stay within the regulations without sacrificing community-wide harmony.
4. Talk to HOA Management
There are several other reasons why you might need to talk to your HOA board or managers. What's great about having an HOA portal is that you can easily reach your community leaders without having to track down a location or phone number.
When you have a great HOA management company at the helm, they'll monitor the HOA portal, see your questions, and promptly address them.
Improve Your Community With an Owner Portal
Implementing an owner portal will revolutionize the way your community operates. That said, it's not easy to create and start using a portal from scratch. If you want to make it easier, consider hiring a property management service.
PMI Phantom Realty makes it easy for HOA homeowners to log into our easy-to-use owner portal and take advantage of all of the benefits we discussed here. Contact us today to learn more about our owner portal, as well as our wide range of other HOA services.
