If reserves are not fully funded, you risk being hit by an assessment for major maintenance or -- maybe worse -- having some major item left to deteriorate.What's hard to find out but plagues most HOAs is that board members may be a few, virtually invisible homeowners who serve year after year because no one else cares or may be zealots who have more time than other owners and want to impose ridiculous rules or costs on everyone.And, for a new development, find out if the board still is controlled by the developer, who could be failing to pay its fair share of the HOA's expenses.

@Victor Mejia Well in virtually all states being a Bird Dog, as i would define it, it illegal.

I have been working on some pretty intense policies and procedures for the way I run my business.  The goal is to be able to hand it over to anyone and be able to do it.  I'm doing it all web based (google sites) supp...

Spend $ on decent equipment, the things customer's use and see (tables, chairs, lighting, art, etc.).

Maybe there's something I can do virtually while on the road..?

Property taxes are high in Chicago and it is an incredibly landlord unfriendly while Cleveland has virtually no population growth, low median income and high percent of people living at the poverty level.

This time around, I wanted to hire a virtual assistant to take phone calls and answer questions about the property.

@Stephanie KnoxI would check out @Brandon Hall, if you want to do it virtually.

There are many CPAs on these threads who would be happy to work with you virtually.

I'm in a position where I would need to do it virtually, but I feel like I would be able to be affective.