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How Management Company Communications Changed During COVID-19

The changing times that we’re in continue to impact community association management communication with residents in many ways.  Interactions and events such as office visits, board member meetings, or community gatherings that would previously happen in-person are now being conducted online through text messaging, phone calls, emails, and video conferencing.  Community leaders and HOA managers […]

4 Tools in Pilera to Improve Community Management Operations Remotely

As we all enter the second month of Work from Home (WFH), community managers are hard at work helping their staff successfully transition to completely digital modes of communication to ensure efficient operations.  The key to successfully operating a company that is centered on community relationships is regularly communicating with your residents, board members, and […]

April 21, 2020 Release: Custom Calendars

Greetings!  We’re back with new features and updates to our community management platform for the month of April.  This month, we’re introducing a new custom calendars feature. New Feature Custom Calendars We’ve enhanced our event calendar feature to include the creation of custom calendars.  Managers can now create multiple calendars to effectively cater to the […]

How to Manage Short-Term Rentals in Your HOAs

Welcome back to our 3-part series on short-term rentals in the HOA.  In our first post, we shared the advantages and disadvantages of short-term rentals in community associations, and how it continues to shape some state and international regulations.  In this week’s post, we’ll share some effective ways to handle short-term rentals in the communities […]

March 10, 2020 Release Notes – Get Communication+ Directly from within the App!

Greetings everyone, This month, we are back with more updates on our Communication+ product for management companies and a very cool enhancement to improve your document library management experience.   New Feature: Get Communication+ directly from the app In December 2019, we released a new product called Communication+ to help managers connect with their residents in […]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Short-Term Rentals in HOAs

With the rise of vacation rentals listing services such as Airbnb, VRBO, and many more, homeowners are now leveraging short-term rentals to generate more cash inflow.  A short-term rental is when a homeowner rents out their house or a condominium for a short amount of time, typically for a few nights or a week, to […]

Introducing the New Insurance Dashboard

Residents are required to purchase various types of insurance to protect their personal items and their home against theft, vandalism, equipment damage, and structural damage either caused by humans or nature.  The insurance that they are required to purchase must also be renewed every year so they can have their replacement costs covered if the […]

February 11, 2020 Release Notes – New Insurance Dashboard

Greetings, We’re back with more updates this month to enhance your experience with tickets and the event calendar.  We also just released a brand new Ebook that dives into all the new features we launched in 2019.  Now, without further ado, let’s talk about the new updates for this month! New Feature Insurance Dashboard We’ve […]