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For vendors and contractors

Boards research you on your own website.

When a board member or manager lands on your site, Brain is being built to show your Common Elements profile beside it, with a Request a quote button. That part is coming. Getting your profile right is something you can do today.

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Free for Chrome and Edge. Listed in the Chrome Web Store as Common Elements Insight while Brain features roll out; it updates in place.

Get ready

What boards check about a vendor, and how to be ready

Five things boards look for, and what to do about each.

  1. 1

    Your license, matched to the work you bid

    How to check: Boards look up the license class, not just the company name. Make sure the qualifying license covers the scopes you list, and that the name on it matches the name on your proposals.

    Where Brain helps: Coming in Brain: the credentials Common Elements holds for you, shown with their source when a board visits your site.

  2. 2

    A certificate of insurance ready to send

    How to check: Associations ask for a certificate naming them as holder, often as additional insured. Having a current one ready shortens every bid.

    Where Brain helps: Brain shows what is on your profile; the certificate itself still goes to the association with your bid.

  3. 3

    Reviews and references from associations

    How to check: Ask boards and managers you have served to review or endorse you on Common Elements. Boards weight comparable associations heavily.

    Where Brain helps: Coming in Brain: your reviews and endorsements beside your own website.

  4. 4

    A service area that matches where you actually work

    How to check: List the counties or cities you serve. A board in a county you do not serve will move on, and that is better for both of you.

    Where Brain helps: Coming in Brain: your service area on the panel, so a board knows at a glance whether you cover them.

  5. 5

    Your website address on your profile

    How to check: Brain recognizes a vendor's website only when that domain is on the vendor's Common Elements profile. No domain, no recognition.

    Where Brain helps: Do this today: it is what lets Brain recognize your site when vendor websites arrive.

Start or update your profile from the vendors page, read the vendor playbook, or see open RFPs.

Status

What exists, and when

Available today

What works today

  • Works on property listings on Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com and Trulia.
  • Finds the association behind the listing, or offers likely matches to choose from.
  • Shows registration status, management firm of record, milestone inspection status where Florida law requires one, unit count and year built.
  • Links to the association's full Common Elements record.
  • Looks nothing up until you open the panel. Your first 10 lookups need no account; a free account continues.

Today the extension works for people researching associations on listing sites. Vendor websites are not recognized yet.

Coming in Brain

Coming in Brain

  • When a board member or manager visits your website, your Common Elements profile beside it: reviews, credentials, service area.
  • Request a quote and Create an RFP buttons that start a request to you on Common Elements.
  • Compare and Save, so a board can shortlist you while they research.

Not available yet. This page will say so when each one ships.

Privacy

What Brain reads and sends

  • Recognized on your device

    Brain works out what a page is about inside your browser. It does not send page text, page HTML, images or form contents anywhere.

  • Only the minimum leaves it

    For a listing, the address, ZIP, state, the property's approximate map position, and an association name if the listing shows one. That is what is needed to find the match, and we do not keep it in our database.

  • It runs where you say

    Today the panel looks nothing up until you open it. Brain will ask no site access at install: you click the icon on a page, or allow it site by site.

Full detail on the Common Elements Brain overview and in our privacy policy.

Questions

Vendors ask

Does Brain change my website?
No. Brain shows information in the visitor's own browser, in a panel beside the page. Your website, its links and its content are untouched.
Who sees my profile in Brain?
Anyone using Brain who visits your website, once vendor-website support ships. They see what your public Common Elements profile shows, nothing more.
How does Brain know my website is mine?
From the website address on your Common Elements profile. Brain keeps a list of known Common Elements domains on the user's device and checks a site against it. If your domain is not on a profile, Brain does nothing on your site.
Can I keep Brain from showing my profile on my site?
Yes. Remove the website address from your profile and Brain will not recognize your site. Your profile still appears on Common Elements itself.
Does it cost anything?
The extension is free for the people who use it. A Common Elements vendor profile is free to create.

Other ways people use Brain

See it the way a board will.

Install it free to see how Brain presents an association record today. Vendor profiles on vendor websites arrive as an update.

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