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October 6, 2026

Who Verifies the Reserve Study
September 29, 2026

When the Rubber FINALLY Meets the Road!
September 22, 2026

Fixing The Imperfect Machine – Part 12
September 15, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine Part 11 – Deferred Maintenance is Deferred Reality
September 8, 2026

FIXING THE IMPERFECT MACHINE™ – Part 10
September 4, 2026

RESERVE PLANNING 101 | Part 3 – What the Reserve Study Cannot Do
September 1, 2026

Reserve Planning 101 | A Special Series by the HOA Detective™ and CIDAnalytics
August 25, 2026

Reserve Planning 101 | A Special Series by the HOA Detective™ and CIDAnalytics
August 18, 2026

The Principle of Rubric Adrift
August 14, 2026

The Architects of Private Government: The Cast of Characters Behind the Rise of the North American HOA
August 7, 2026

Extreme Circumstances Bring out the Worst in some HOAs
August 4, 2026

FIXING THE IMPERFECT MACHINE™ – Part 9
July 28, 2026

Tax-Assisted Luxury and the Disappearing American Middle Class
July 24, 2026

Portland’s High-Rise Condominiums have Reached the Tipping Point
July 17, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™ – Part 8
July 14, 2026

The Big [Bad] Apples of New York City
July 10, 2026

Introducing the CIDA Condominium Complexity Index™ (CCI™)
July 7, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™ – The Rulebook Illusion – Part 7
June 30, 2026

The Condominium Equity Illusion, Revisited
June 26, 2026

21st Century Privatopia – the Homeowner Pays Twice
June 23, 2026

Remembering Surfside: the Dust has Settled, the Sound of Silence Remains
June 20, 2026

From Back Yards to Privatopia: How Did We End Up Paying More for Less?
June 16, 2026

EVERYTHING You Have Been Told About HOAs Is Wrong
June 12, 2026

Playing House Syndrome™: The Piper Always Gets Paid
June 9, 2026

The Irresponsible Habit of Borrowing from the Reserve Fund
June 5, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine – Part 6
May 26, 2026

Is Private Equity the White Knight of U.S. HOAs?
May 22, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine – Part 5
May 19, 2026

The Art of TGWAR™ – Revisiting The Game Without Any Rules
May 15, 2026

A Tribute to Thornton O’Glove: The Patron Saint of Financial Reporting
May 12, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™ – Part 4
May 5, 2026

Canada Acknowledges the ‘Inconvenient Truth’ about Strata Depreciation ¹
May 1, 2026

As the Dream Slips Away
April 28, 2026

A Good Hat and a Good Pair of Shoes
April 21, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™ – Part 3
April 17, 2026

HOA Financial Model is being Stress-Tested in the Real World
April 10, 2026

Trouble in Condo Paradise – A 20-Year Warning Comes Due
April 7, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™ – Part 2
April 3, 2026

A Nod to the Brief-case Builders of Yesteryear
March 31, 2026

Fixing the Imperfect Machine™
March 24, 2026

Fannie Mae® Admits the HOA Reserve System Is Broken
March 20, 2026

The “Imperfect Machine” – In Memory of Henry P. Horton
March 17, 2026

The Portland “Plunge” Is No Sale – It’s a Warning
March 10, 2026

Private Metropolis – PSDs, ESDs, BIDs, STDs, and Beyond – Part 8
March 10, 2026

Headline: Private Metropolis, PSDs – Portland, OR and Beyond – Part 7
March 3, 2026

New Orleans & the Security Taxing District – Part 6
February 27, 2026

Privatized Special Districts & the Aldermanic Patronage / Gatekeeping Layer – Part 5
February 23, 2026

“Special Districts” & the Privatization of Municipal Functions – Part 4
February 18, 2026

“Special Districts” & the Privatization of Municipal Functions – Part 3
February 13, 2026

Privatized Special Districts & the Privatization of Municipal Functions – Part 2
February 10, 2026

PSDs- the Privatization of Municipal Functions – Part 1
February 6, 2026

Keeping the CID Thought Leaders Close
February 3, 2026

There Is No Such Thing as a “Free Market” – ESPECIALLY when it comes to CIDs
January 30, 2026

CAI 2026: Past Failures, and the Reckoning Ahead – Part 3
January 27, 2026

Rocky CAI Beginning and Legacy of Missing Reforms – Part 2
January 20, 2026

The People Behind CAI: The 1973 Founders That Shaped HOA Governance – Part 1
January 16, 2026

The Private Metropolis and the Eclipse of Democratic Governance
January 13, 2026

U.S. Housing Crisis and Common Interest Developments
December 5, 2025

HUD = DUD = FUD – Invisible Housing Sector Hiding in Plain Sight
November 24, 2025

HOA Financial Terminology: A Modern, No-Nonsense Glossary
November 17, 2025

The 50‑Year Mortgage: Get Out Your Checkbook and Pray!
November 15, 2025

Your HOA’s Reserves Never Lie
October 31, 2025

Financial Inertia – The Hidden Force that Sustains Failing HOAs
October 17, 2025

Thornton O’Glove & the Quality of HOA Audits
October 10, 2025

The Long Road from Denial to Self-Appointed Authority
October 7, 2025

The [SAD] State of the Nation’s Housing in 2025
September 30, 2025

Revisiting HOA Due Diligence
September 16, 2025

What Kind of Legacy Is Your HOA Creating?
September 12, 2025

No Compliance, No Commerce!
September 9, 2025

Underfunded Reserves: A Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
September 2, 2025

Florida HOA Reckoning: A State Official Says Enough is Enough!
August 26, 2025

There Was a Time When We Looked Forward
August 19, 2025

Engineering a Condominium Association Failure
August 15, 2025

Oregon Land Use Laws and the Rise of the Permit Industrial Complex
August 8, 2025

The Rogue HOA Board: Real Cases of Misconduct and Malfeasance
August 1, 2025

Portland Puts on the Ritz – What Happened?
July 29, 2025

A Word About HOA Doc Dumps: AKA the “PDF Binder”
July 25, 2025

Welcome to The HOA Malfeasance Report™
July 18, 2025

TGWAR Strikes Again: The “Modified Cash” Delusion
July 15, 2025

The Search for the Successful HOA – K.I.S.S.
July 11, 2025

Keep the Trough Full and They Come Back for More
July 8, 2025

The Illusion of Oversight: HOA Audits and the Need for Reform
July 4, 2025

Happy Birthday, USA!
July 1, 2025

The Game Without Any Rules (TGWAR)
June 27, 2025

TGWAR: “We thought the Association was doing great.”
June 24, 2025

Champlain Towers Revisited: Four Years Later
June 17, 2025

The HOA Detective™ Rests His Case
June 13, 2025

The Tax Man Cometh
June 10, 2025

HOA Management Industry: Parallels to a Forgotten Crisis
June 3, 2025

The HOA Budget Takeover: 21st Century Urban Robbery
May 30, 2025

The Reality of the “Green Dilemma”
May 27, 2025

Conflicts of Interest in the Reserve Study Provider Space
May 20, 2025

Cowboy Developers: Condo Conversions and the Legacy of Trouble
May 13, 2025

The Ten Immutable Laws of Water Intrusion
May 6, 2025

HB 3746: Open Letter from the HOA Detective™ to the Oregon Legislature
May 2, 2025

The 2020s: Decade of the Building Exodus
April 28, 2025

Rooftop Equipment: Is your Condo Roof a Financial Time Bomb?
April 22, 2025

WARNING: This Reserve Study Uses Cash Flow Funding
April 18, 2025

Quarterly Recap: From Garden Cities to the HOA Echo Chamber
April 15, 2025

“HOA Exceptionalism” and the Lending Echo Chamber

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