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The Maintenance Tool

The maintenance tool (Click Documents & Info, then Maintenance) is a simple page to track improvement projects to your building or community. Many associations have recurring maintenance on a fixed or variable scheduled. For example, many condo associations in Chicago need to clean the building grease trap on a regular basis. Occasionally pipes back up…

The Budget Tool

We knew most small, self-managed associations use Excel/Google Sheets, which are very powerful and flexible. For our budget tool we didn’t want to compete with them so we focused on simplicity and consistency with the transactions page. Line Items The line items for the budget tool are controlled by the financial categories: To add new…

Resident Sign-up with Stripe to Make Payments

Thankfully, signing-up to make payments to your association via Stripe is pretty straightforward. If your group has enabled online payments, you’ll see a blue button on your home page to start the account connection process. Search for your bank and, if it’s listed, selected it, then follow Stripe’s sign-up instructions. If you can’t find your…