Home Services HOA Accounting

Financials your board can actually trust.

In-house accounting, monthly packages by the 10th, live reserve tracking, and variance analysis that flags problems before they become emergencies — for fully managed associations and for self-managed boards that just want their books done right.

Monthly package by the 10th Live reserve tracking Dedicated accounting manager
Why this is its own service

Community managers shouldn't double as accountants. Ours don't.

Most management firms run community accounting on the side — a manager hand-keys deposits, reconciles when they can, and presents financials they may or may not fully understand. The numbers go in front of boards who never had the data to challenge them. That's how communities end up underfunding reserves for a decade without realizing it.

CPE separates the work. A dedicated, in-house accounting team — with an accounting manager available directly to boards — owns the books. Community association managers are trained to read and present those financials confidently. Reserve studies stay live through monthly tracking. Boards make decisions on data they can audit, not on a quarterly snapshot.

The CPE accounting team reviewing AR ledgers and bank reconciliations
In-house, in-office, in Connecticut
"Boards never have to wonder where their money is. The accounting team and the management team are in the same building, working the same week."
10th
Monthly financial package delivered — every month, no exceptions.
1‑page
Live reserve snapshot updated monthly via our Smart Properties partnership.
0
Variances left unexplained — every abnormal line is flagged proactively.
Direct
Line to the accounting manager — boards don't route through a community manager.
What's included

Nine practices that run every month, the same way, on the same schedule.

Accounting and financial management as a discipline — not a task list someone finds time for.

Monthly financial packages

Balance sheet, income statement, accounts payable register, accounts receivable aging, bank reconciliations, and YTD budget-to-actuals — delivered by the 10th of each month.

Variance analysis with narrative

Every abnormal line item is flagged with a short written explanation. Boards see the why, not just the number.

Receivables & collections

Active monitoring against each community's adopted collections policy. Escalation triggers, late-fee handling, and attorney coordination when required.

Integrated banking & disbursement

Operating and reserve accounts held at established community-banking partners. Payables run on a defined cadence with board controls in place.

Live reserve tracking

Through our Smart Properties partnership, your reserve study is brought current monthly — actual contributions, interest, and expenses against projections, on a single page.

Annual budget development

Operating budgets tied to real asset conditions and historical line-item data. Reviewed with the board across a multi-meeting cycle, not dropped in a packet.

Audit & tax coordination

We work directly with the community's CPA on annual audits and tax filings. Documents are organized digitally so the audit process doesn't consume your manager's quarter.

Manager financial training

Our community association managers are trained on balance-sheet and income-statement fundamentals — so the conversation in your board meeting is informed, not deflected.

Owner portal & e-statements

Owners see statements, pay common charges, and access community documents through the CINC portal. Boards see real-time AR aging anytime.

The reserve connection

Your reserve study, made live.

A reserve study commissioned once and filed is useful for one budget cycle. Through our Smart Properties partnership, we update the study monthly with actual data — so the board always sees where reserves stand against the long-range plan, not where they stood 18 months ago.

This is the single change that most improves board conversations around capital planning, common-charge levels, and special-assessment risk. The math stops being a surprise.

Read: HOA reserve study guide
Reserve Status · November 2025
Operating balance $142,318
Reserve balance $284,550
Study target (this month) $279,200
Variance vs. plan +$5,350
Funded at 101.9% of study target. Next major project: Roof Section B — est. 2028.
Who this is for

Three different relationships, the same standard.

Fully managed communities

Accounting is built into every full-service management engagement. The accounting manager and community manager work from the same system — no handoffs between firms.

See full-service management

Self-managed boards

Keep operational decisions in-house while outsourcing the financial discipline — monthly packages, reserve tracking, AR management, and audit support.

Request an accounting proposal

Transitioning communities

Moving from one management firm to another — or from self-managed to fully managed? Accounting is usually the first thing we stand up. The financial baseline informs everything after.

Learn about transitions
From the books we keep

Boards notice when the financials show up on time, every time.

"We finally have financials we can take to a bank. The package is on the 10th, every month, without us asking."
Treasurer Self-managed townhome HOA · New Haven, CT
"The reserve one-pager changed how we run our budget meetings. Funding decisions used to be guesses — now they're conversations about real data."
Board President 120-unit condominium · Shoreline CT
Pricing & proposals

Accounting fees depend on your community — but we'll show you the math.

Fees vary by unit count, transaction volume, bank-account structure, and whether the engagement is accounting-only or part of full-service management. We don't publish a flat per-unit rate, but we'll walk through the components openly during the proposal call so there are no surprises.

  • No setup fees for new engagements — onboarding costs are absorbed.
  • Month-to-month after year one — you're never trapped if the relationship isn't working.
  • Bundled audit support — annual CPA coordination is included, not a line item.
  • Transparent scope changes — if your community's needs shift, we explain the impact before changing anything.
Start the conversation

Send us your community details — we'll handle the first move.

Frequently asked

What boards want to know before moving the books.

Yes. Accounting-only is a common engagement for boards that prefer to manage operations themselves but want professional financial reporting, reserve tracking, and audit support. The scope is defined up front and the financial package runs on the same monthly schedule as our fully managed communities.
For boards considering a change

Your board deserves a partner — not an order-taker.

If your community is ready for clearer communication, stronger planning, and dependable execution, we'd welcome a conversation. No pitch deck — just a candid discussion of where you are and where you'd like to be.