For volunteer HOA board members
Practical, step-by-step guidance for HOA board members. Learn how to handle finances, meetings, maintenance, rules, insurance and more.
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Plain-language guides, free board tools and answers.
Start with a common topic:
Start here
Start with the New Board Member Guide. Learn what your board is responsible for, what you should tackle first and what you need to understand before making major decisions.
Free board tools
Enter a date or a few numbers and get your deadlines, notices and ready-to-edit documents. Free to use, no sign-up required.
Enter your election day and nomination deadline to get every notice deadline, with the Civil Code rule behind each one.
Enter your fiscal year-end to get the year's deadlines: budget report, policy statement, assessment notices, CPA review, tax returns and filings.
Answer a few questions about your community, then download an editable RFP to send every management company.
Check whether a dues increase or special assessment needs a member vote, with the vote count and notice dates.
Check whether a fine fits the $100 cap or the health and safety exception, with the hearing notice and decision deadlines.
Build a board meeting notice and agenda that follow the Open Meeting Act, with the notice deadline and a separate executive session agenda.
The curriculum
Choose an area of HOA work to find plain-language, step-by-step guidance.
Budgets, reserves, assessments, collections and HOA financial reporting.
Governing documents, violations, hearings, state requirements and architectural review.
Responsibilities, common areas, preventive maintenance, vendors and emergencies.
Master policies, D&O coverage, homeowner coverage, claims and incidents.
Board roles, meetings, elections, complaints, conflict and communication.
Self-management, professional management, costs, choosing a company and working with a manager.
Straightforward explanations of the questions board members run into most often.
Why How2HOA
Step-by-step guidance focused on real board responsibilities.
Complex HOA topics explained in plain language.
Designed around the questions volunteer board members actually face.
When the workload outgrows volunteers
Some boards reach a point where the workload becomes too much for volunteers. Learn what professional HOA management can handle and whether it may make sense for your community.