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What Exactly is Percent Funded?

Instinctively, we all know that large associations with many common area amenities in need of replacement should have a high Reserve Fund balance. Similarly, newly constructed small associations with only a few common area amenities have little need for much of a Reserve Fund balance.

Capital Improvements vs. Reserve Expenses

What is the difference between a Capital Improvement and a Reserve project? Or more specifically, when can a Capital Improvement be more properly considered as a Reserve expense? This question becomes important to Association-governed communities s they consider what funds can be used

Can An Association Move Surplus Funds to Reserves

Associations that have excess funds at the end of the year face the decision if and how those funds can be moved to Reserves, or if they must be rolled over to the Operating Fund the following year.

We have a Reserve Study… Now what do we do with it?

Your reserve study is fundamentally a budget/cash flow model and road map for significant future expenses. It is a planning tool.