What is a self-managed condo association?
A self-managed condo association, or COA, is run by its own volunteer owners rather than an outside management company, with owners holding title to their individual units and sharing ownership of the building’s common spaces.
Why does a self-managed condo association matter?
Self-management gives owners more direct control over decisions and can save money on management fees, but it also means volunteers are taking on real administrative, financial, and legal responsibility that a management company would otherwise handle.
When You’ll Run Into This
This becomes a real conversation the moment a community is deciding whether it has the volunteer bandwidth to keep managing itself. Our case for investing in self-managed condo association software covers how the right tools change that math.
