How we work

From your request to a proposal

1. You send the basics. The ZIP code, a phone number or email, and if you like, your role, the number of homes and when the last study was done.
2. We choose a provider. One who works in that county and handles your kind of community, whether a villa regime, an oceanfront tower or a suburban HOA.
3. We tell you who it is. You hear the provider's name before the next business day is out, while your details are still only with us.
4. You decide. A reply of yes releases your request to that one provider; anything else and it stays put.
5. The provider takes over. They agree scope and fee with your board, inspect, and deliver the report. Their contract is with the association, not with us.

How we are paid

The provider pays us a referral fee when we introduce a community to them. The board, the manager and the owners pay us nothing, and the fee is not added to the provider's price as a line item.

What we do not do

• We do not inspect buildings, write reports or give legal or engineering advice.
• We do not sell your details to a list or send newsletters.
• We do not publish reviews or ratings of providers.

Where our information comes from

Legal points link to the South Carolina Code on the Legislature's website. Storm facts come from the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service, population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, and study definitions from the Community Associations Institute. Fee figures are typical ranges, marked as a guide, not a quote.

Questions about your data are answered in the privacy notice.