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Rise Association Management Group Rise Association Management Group has raised the bar in association management.

We specialize in condominiums, townhomes, business plazas, mid-rises, and high-rises. Our passion drives superior results by applying laser focused resources to solving the hard problems condominiums and townhomes face. We've changed the way the industry thinks-- and work. We deliver the kinds of results that you can measure and that matter. Connect with our management team at RiseAMG.com/quote to be part of the uprising!

09/30/2026

End of September. Here's where most Texas neighborhoods stand.

This year's numbers are in. The draft budget is coming together. October is when your board sits down and makes the real calls.

Which means you've got about four weeks where your opinion is genuinely useful.

Three things you can do, none of which take long.

Read the meeting notice when it arrives. Go to one meeting, even on Zoom. And if something in the budget doesn't make sense, ask — before it's approved, not after.

Boards are your neighbors, and they're volunteers. They'd far rather hear from you in October than in December.

See you at the meeting.

09/25/2026

24 hours a day. 365 days a year.

If you live in a building, that's when things can go wrong. A pipe doesn't check office hours before it bursts, and neither does an elevator with someone inside it.

Which is why the emergency line matters more than almost anything else in a condo. Not the app, not the newsletter — the phone number that reaches a real person at 2am on a Sunday.

Two things worth doing this week if you live in a building.

Save your association's emergency number in your phone. Not buried in an email you'd have to search for.

And check that your building's emergency contact details are current. It's often the one thing nobody updated when the board changed.

Do you have yours saved?

09/23/2026

Nearly 200 neighborhoods across Texas are going through budget season with us right now.

Different sizes, different problems — a high-rise downtown, a subdivision in Katy, a townhome community in San Antonio. But the same three questions come up in almost every board meeting this month.

What went up? What can wait? And what happens if we do nothing?

The third one is the useful question. Doing nothing is always an option, and it always has a price. Saying that price out loud is usually what makes the decision obvious.

If your board is in the middle of this right now, you're not behind. September is exactly when it should feel like this.

09/18/2026

Two words nobody wants to hear: special assessment.

Here's what it means. Something big needs paying for, the reserve fund can't cover it, so the cost gets divided among every household as a one-time bill.

They aren't necessarily a sign of a bad board. Sometimes a storm happens. Sometimes a building is older than its funding plan.

But most of the time, a special assessment is a reserve fund conversation that got postponed for years.

The way to avoid one isn't keeping dues low. It's keeping the reserve study current and funding it steadily — a little every month instead of a lot at once.

Boring, on purpose. Boring is the goal. Questions welcome below.

09/16/2026

Your board is building next year's budget right now. Four things worth asking them.

☐ When was our reserve study last updated?
☐ What's our biggest expense going up next year, and why?
☐ What did we defer this year that's now due?
☐ Is there anything a volunteer with a few hours a month could help with?

That last one is the question boards wish more people asked. Most neighborhood boards are three to seven volunteers doing this after their actual jobs.

You don't have to run for a seat to be useful. Sometimes it's showing up to the budget meeting and asking a good question.

When's your next board meeting? Worth putting on the calendar.

09/11/2026

Budget season, in plain terms.

Right now: your board is looking at what this year actually cost versus what it planned.

Next few weeks: contracts get priced, the reserve study gets checked, the first draft gets built.

October: the board argues about it. This is the good part — it means there's still time to change things.

November-ish: it gets approved, and you get a notice.

If you've ever opened that notice and thought "where did this come from," the answer is September. That's when it's decided.

Boards are volunteers, and they read their email. If you've got a question about next year, now is when asking actually changes something.

09/09/2026

Peak hurricane season is this week. Not June — now.

A short list for your household. It takes about twenty minutes.

☐ Photos of every room, on your phone, dated
☐ Insurance policy saved somewhere you can reach without power
☐ Your association's emergency number saved in your contacts
☐ One neighbor who'd check on you, and one you'd check on
☐ The patio furniture you know you'd need to bring in

That last one is what everybody puts off. It's also what goes through a window.

Twenty minutes now beats a very bad afternoon later.

Which of these are you missing?

08/28/2026

Understanding where the association’s insurance ends and a homeowner’s coverage begins can prevent confusion when a loss occurs.

An association’s master policy typically covers certain shared areas and, in a condominium, may also cover portions of the building structure.

A homeowner’s individual policy covers personal belongings and may cover other portions of the home, depending on the community’s governing documents and the policy itself.

The exact division of responsibility can vary from one community to another. In some cases, the association’s deductible may also be allocated among owners following a covered loss.

Reviewing these responsibilities before they are needed helps boards, management teams, and homeowners better understand what to expect.

Do you know how insurance responsibilities are outlined in your community?

08/07/2026

"Where do my dues actually go?"

It's the most common question homeowners ask, and it deserves a straight answer.

Roughly, dues cover four things.

The parts everyone shares — landscaping, lighting, the pool, the gates, common area upkeep.

Insurance for those shared parts.

The reserve fund — money set aside now so a new roof or a repaved street doesn't arrive later as a surprise bill.

And the administration that keeps all of it running.

The reserve fund is the piece most people have never heard of, and it's the one that protects you from a special assessment down the road.

Anything you've always wondered about your dues? Ask below.

05/15/2026

The proof is in the building.

Boards do not hire a management company so residents notice the management company. They hire one so residents notice that everything works.

This is what RISE residents are saying — unprompted, on Google and Birdeye — about the buildings we manage.

If your board is evaluating your current management partner, the question to ask is simple: when residents talk about the building, are they describing problems, or describing improvements?

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