How it works
The always-on industry expo for community associations.
Walk the trade-show floor any day of the year.
Common Elements is the always-on industry expo for community associations: vendor hall, professional community, and structured procurement, open 24/7. It complements the management and accounting software you already use; it does not replace it.
The parts you would recognize from the annual show.
Every association event does four things: people compare notes, boards collect bids, vendors work the hall, and everyone trades cards. Common Elements does all four, in one place, open 24/7.
The Common Area
the lounge
An industry-wide forum where boards, managers, vendors, attorneys, and insurance pros compare what actually works. Public threads are readable by anyone, so they double as a learning resource. Member rooms (CAM Corner, Board Discussions, Vendor Talk, Legal) sit behind sign-in.
Browse the forumThe RFP Hub
the bid room
Post a project once, vendors answer the same typed fields, and the Compare view lines every proposal up so a board decides apples-to-apples. Post openly, blind (shop a replacement without tipping off your incumbent), or invitation-only.
See how RFPs workThe vendor directory
the vendor hall
Credential-verified profiles searchable by service line and service area, nationwide. Verification is checked against the right authority per state, never pay-to-play, and reviews are tied to specific completed engagements and the verified member who wrote them.
Explore vendorsPeople and organizations
the badges and booths
Every organization has a public page (verified status, credentials, the associations it serves), and the relationships between them are first-class data. Who manages whom, who carries the policy. Not a buried contact field.
Browse the directoryAnd the parts a once-a-year show could never offer.
A physical expo closes on Sunday. These run every day.
A free website for the association
Publish a public association site and owner portal in minutes: documents, calendar, notices, owner logins. No card required.
Get quotes from vetted firms
A services desk that connects you to independent, licensed professionals: insurance, management, banking, reserve studies, accounting, and legal counsel. We make the introduction, the firm you choose is independent, and you are never charged.
Free tools and calculators
Reserve and budget calculators, meeting and quorum helpers, and a document analyzer. Informational, always free.
Statute reference
A plain-language statute library with citations and the exact statutory text side by side. Informational, not legal advice.
Industry data, an API, and CE Insight
Association, compliance, and risk data you can browse, pull through a REST API or MCP endpoint, or surface in your browser with the CE Insight Chrome extension.
Common Elements is the industry layer around the management and accounting software you already run. It does not keep your ledger, process assessments, or run work orders, and it never will.
One login, every hat you wear
A manager who runs five associations, sits on her own condo board, and refers a roofer she trusts has, in most software, five logins. Here she has one. The context switcher at the top of every page flips her between organizations without signing out, and what she can do at any moment is set by the hat she is wearing right now, not by which account she used.
A day on the platform
A board treasurer signs in, sees a Compare view of three roofing proposals her management company shortlisted, accepts one in two clicks, and the platform notifies the winning and declined vendors automatically. The selected vendor’s profile gains a completion record other boards can see. Later that week she reads a CAM Corner thread on reserve-study cadence under her state’s statute, asks a follow-up, and hears back from an attorney whose firm serves three associations in her county.
That is the loop. The forum builds trust, the directory and relationships make people findable, and the RFP Hub turns a decision into a clean trail. One account means none of it requires signing out to play a different role.
Coming soon on iPhone and Android
The same forum, RFPs, directory, and messaging, built for the phone. Join on the web now and we will bring your account with you.
Pick the hat that fits
Free for boards, managers, and verified vendors during the launch period. No card required. Create an account as a board member, management company, vendor, attorney, or insurance pro, and each path drops you into a workspace shaped to what your role does.