Built by practitioners.
Run by veterans.
RISE wasn't started because association management looked like a good business. It was started because two operators spent a decade watching boards get under-served — and believed they could build something disciplined enough to fix it.
Jason Delgado believed the HOA management industry had become overly transactional, cumbersome, and impersonal. So he and John Elmore built the alternative.
The founders had been managing communities since 2007 — nearly a decade before launching RISE in 2016 — across thousands of boards and hundreds of thousands of homeowners. They had seen exactly how the industry under-served the volunteers who keep communities running.
RISE was designed to make management a partnership again: a valued partner rather than a necessary evil. That means disciplined systems that deliver, and the warmth to treat every community like its success is personal.
It also means showing up when it counts. During Hurricane Harvey, RISE team members loaded kayaks into their trucks and drove through flooded streets to reach communities and assess damage. "Find a way" isn't a slogan here — it's a habit.
Significant transformations."
The founders.
17+ years in community association leadership and a Texas native. MBA in Finance from UTSA, with deep expertise spanning operations, finance, insurance, and statewide HOA legislative advocacy.
Values that show up in the work.
Mission with Purpose
Fundamentally committed to supporting outstanding communities and the leaders who serve them.
Together We Thrive
Success stems from both the people we serve and the people we work alongside. Community is the point.
Discipline & Accountability
Honor, courage, and follow-through — values carried from the Marine Corps into how we operate every day.
Precision
Small habits, significant transformations. Systems and routines that deliver measurable, repeatable results.
Earned, not claimed.
Let's build something
that lasts.
Whether you're a board evaluating a switch or a professional who wants to work somewhere with purpose — RISE would like to hear from you.
What partnering with RISE includes
- A dedicated community manager who knows your community
- Financial statements by the 15th — in-house, accrual basis
- Same-day callbacks and 24/365 emergency availability
- The RiseShield master insurance program