Our mission is to bring positive change to a fragmented HOA marketplace. By educating buyers, the CIDA Mission seeks to empower a new generation of homeowners who will become tomorrow’s leaders and decision-makers of more than 350K privatized residential communities in the United States.
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What We Do
Our goal is to empower buyers by providing them with the knowledge they need to negotiate the best possible terms when purchasing a home in an HOA. The CIDA REPORT™ offers valuable insight into the administrative and financial practices of the HOA in addition to property details that may not be obvious to the average buyer. CIDA is an advocate for homebuyers in a negotiation process that has historically favored sellers.
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HOA Examination
Core Concepts
The CIDA SCORE™
The importance of the CIDA REPORT™
HOA Finances
Details about the current financial condition, budget practices, and borrowing activity of the HOA – in other words, information that every buyer should have before they commit to purchasing a home located in an HOA.
HOA Reserves
Reserve planning is the single most important and yet misunderstood aspect of HOA governance. The CIDA REPORT™ provides invaluable insight into the Association’s reserve planning efforts, current funding strategy and information that may not be available from any other source.
HOA Insurance
The proper insurance program is a crucial component of a financially stable and sustainable HOA. Buyers should know what type of coverage is included in the HOA master insurance policy and how it impacts the coverage they will be required to maintain as a member of the HOA.
The CIDA REPORT™ is a due-diligence examination that focuses on the governance and management practices which are the cornerstone of every successful HOA.
The Core Concepts are five primary subjects that form the basis of the due-diligence examination.
The CIDA REPORT™ includes the current CIDA SCORE™ for the HOA.
The CIDA SCORE™ is a proprietary rating system developed by CID Analytics. The CIDA SCORE™ ranks each HOA using a 100 point scale. The scoring metric takes into account more than 300 impact factors that can raise or lower the final score.
The CIDA SCORE™ is a tool that may be used to compare the subject property to other properties that have been examined by CIDA.
What Does A High Or Low Score Mean?July 6, 2023 – This post revisits an article originally published in the Washington Post by Professor Evan McKenzie on July 2, 2021. Professor McKenzie is the author of two books on common-interest developments (CIDs), and one of the country’s most vocal critics of privatized residential developments. In the aftermath of the June 24, 2021…
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