Author
Harry Schoeller
Director of Client Services
Director of Client Services at a Florida property-management firm overseeing 600+ associations. LCAM, 2-20, and 6-20 licensed. Writes here from the trenches of running real-world community associations.
Posts by Harry Schoeller
- Policy4 min read
SB 4-D: what Florida boards actually need to do, in plain English
The 2022 condo safety law produced more compliance noise than action. Here's the short list of what your board has to do this year, what 'completed' looks like, and where the deadlines actually bite.
Apr 21, 2026
- Guide4 min read
The vendor vetting checklist boards actually need
Most board-vendor disasters trace back to four things that should've been checked in week one. Here's the short list — license, insurance, references, and scope clarity — and how to verify each in under an hour.
Apr 18, 2026
- Product4 min read
Why we built Common Elements
After twelve years inside this industry, the same gaps keep showing up — boards making vendor decisions on word of mouth, RFPs running in email chains, attorneys and managers finding each other through luck. We built the operating system the industry never got around to building for itself.
Apr 15, 2026
- Guide5 min read
SIRS reserve funding without the panic
Your engineer just handed you a structural integrity reserve study with a $4.2M number on it. Here's how to translate that into a funding plan that doesn't blow up special assessments — and what your options actually are.
Apr 10, 2026