HOA180°
Free HOA cost calculator

What does answering homeowner questions cost you?

Every community answers the same questions over and over. Trash day, guest parking, paint colors, what needs approval. Move the numbers in the HOA cost calculator below to your community and see what those questions cost in hours and dollars each month, then compare that to $89 a month for the Online Assistant. At the default numbers, a mid sized association spends 8.0 hours and $360 a month answering homeowner questions, against $89 a month for the Online Assistant.

§1Your numbers

Change anything that does not match your community.

The defaults are a reasonable starting point for a mid sized association. Nothing here is sent anywhere, the math runs in your browser.

Live estimate
Monthly estimate60 questions
Hours per month spent answering8.0 hrs
What those hours are worth$360
Online Assistant, per community$89
Net difference per month$261 saved

That is an estimate, not a quote. It assumes the assistant handles the repeat questions and sends everything else to your manager.

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§2The math, in the open

No hidden multipliers.

Four numbers, three steps. You can check it on a napkin.

Questions per month
Homes divided by 100, multiplied by the questions per 100 homes you entered.
Hours per month
Questions multiplied by minutes per question, divided by 60.
Cost of those hours
Hours multiplied by the hourly value you entered.
Net difference
That cost minus $89, the published monthly price of the Online Assistant for one community.

If your community's real numbers are smaller than the defaults, put them in. We would rather you see an honest number than a flattering one.

§3What you get for the $89

A Community Information Hub that answers from your own documents.

What it handles

  • The repeat questions, trash and holiday schedules, parking, pets, pool hours, dues
  • Rule questions with a citation, so the homeowner sees the section it came from
  • Nights and weekends, when nobody is in the office to pick up
  • The homeowner's own language, so fewer questions come back a second time

What it does not do

  • It does not decide anything. The board and the manager keep every decision
  • It does not guess. Anything outside your documents goes to your manager
  • It does not replace your manager or your management platform
  • It does not require a switch. It works alongside your existing operation

The $89 buys a 24/7 Community Information Hub that answers from your own documents, and you can try the Community Information Hub free for 30 days on your community's own CC&Rs before you decide.

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§4Common questions

About these numbers.

Our board volunteers, so our time is free. Why put a dollar value on it?

Volunteer hours are not free, they are just unbilled, so this HOA cost calculator prices them the same way it prices a manager's time. Boards burn out, terms go unfilled, and the work lands on whoever is left. Put in whatever number feels honest to you, or set it to zero and look only at the hours.

Will the assistant really handle most of the questions?

It handles the questions your documents answer, which in most communities is the bulk of the volume. Anything it cannot answer goes to your manager, so nothing falls through. The calculator shows the ceiling, and your real result depends on how complete your documents are.

Is the $89 per community or per home?

Per community, per month. A 40 home association and a 400 home association pay the same $89.

Is anything I type here sent to you?

No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser and there is no email box on this page. Use it, close the tab, and we never know you were here.

See what it does with 180° of your questions.

The fastest way to judge it is to ask it something your homeowners actually ask. Try it yourself, no signup and no sales call first.

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