HOA Management

HOA Management Services for Single Family,
Active Adult, & Mixed-Use Associations

Enhancing Community Living with exceptional HOA Management Solutions.

~200
Communities managed across Texas
99%+
Collections Effectiveness
~99%
Client retention rate
2016
Founded: managing communities since 2007

RISE Elevates HOA Management Services in Single-Family Communities Management to New Heights

There are many good communities but what is the difference between a good community and a truly great one? What makes for exceptional communities goes well beyond aesthetics. Great communities have leaders who help to build a vision and share it with the community. Those same leaders work to bring management, maintenance, and legal partners into alignment with the community’s vision. Finally, with aligned partners all around, they champion the consistent execution of systems and processes that are necessary to bring that vision closer to reality one day at a time.

Aligning with a Management Company partner that shares your values, has the organizational resources and expertise to help you be successful, and has the operating systems in place to ensure consistent execution day after day is foundational to helping to elevate your community.

At RISE, we believe communities become great when vision, planning, and execution are consistent over extended periods. Bringing out the greatness in communities requires more than just an idea; it requires a system that focuses on practices preceding great outcomes and a culture of service, hospitality, and disciplined execution in alignment with the Board of Directors’ vision.

“Leaders have three fundamental responsibilities: they craft a vision, they build alignment, and they champion execution.”

– Work of Leaders. Straw, Cullard, Kukkonen, & Davis.
What keeps boards up at night

The Frustrations, Answered

Volunteer board members have full-time jobs, families, and limited bandwidth. These are the worries boards bring to RISE, and how the model is built to resolve them.

Manager Turnover and Unresponsiveness

A dedicated community manager who stays assigned and knows your community: backed by same-day callbacks and 24/365 emergency availability.

Financial Opacity

Clear reporting delivered by the 15th of each month, in-house accounting, and proactive long-range financial guidance, not a statement you can’t interpret.

Reactive Management

Monthly facility inspections, preventative maintenance, and annual planning that identify issues early: bringing solutions before things become crises.

Insurance and Risk Exposure

RiseShield, a structured master insurance program that reduces premiums and broadens coverage: founder-level expertise in association insurance and risk.

Legal and Governing-Document Exposure

Governing document administration and compliance support, plus board advisory support, to help navigate Texas HOA law and CC&R compliance.

Volunteer Burnout & Governance Friction

Structured board meetings, comprehensive packets prepared in advance, and ARC decisions handled by RISE, so volunteers aren’t doing the management company’s job.

The RISE Approach

Mastering Single Family Master Planned Community Management

Dedicated Facilities Management

A community’s facilities are its heartbeat, reflecting its health, vibrancy, and appeal. At RISE we have dedicated facilities management experts as part of each team to ensure proactive care and to leverage true expertise for maintenance and capital projects. Leveraging our proprietary Elevate process gives us real time feedback on condition of maintenance and our Prepare and Prevent programs guarantee readiness against emergencies and that equipment longevity is assured.

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Deed Restriction and ARC Management

Preserving a community’s character requires more than just rules—it requires unified action, consistency, and time. At RISE we understand the importance of consistent deed restriction inspections and working with owners to both identify opportunities while collaborating on their resolutions. Our deed restriction team can offer guidance and best practices to help ensure your community’s guidelines are engineered in a manner to help you be successful. We offer both in house ARC application review and third party architect resources to assist your community in offering expedient responses to your homeowners and keep projects moving forward.

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Guaranteed Same Day Response

RISE embodies the philosophy that measuring what is important drives results. We know service isn’t just about fulfilling a function; it’s about making residents feel cherished and heard. So we measure response times and homeowner feedback for every interaction to service tickets to ensure your residents are never left waiting and so you can feel confident your community is well taken care of. By soliciting feedback and acting on it, RISE ensures that the service quality is consistently top-tier. The company’s mission is further amplified with Thrive, curating community experiences that foster connections and enhance the community spirit.

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Financial Expertise

Board members can confidently lead, having a long-term financial plan in place to protect property values and eliminate financial surprises.

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Short Term Rental Monitoring

Collections Management that Works

Not many get to say their collections program is more than 99% effective but we do.

AI Powered App for Boards and Homeowners

Online voting, real time collections, ACC, and reservations plus Sunny, our AI Concierge, download now.

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4.6 Stars: Top Culture, Talent, Longevity

Our industry leading team ratings of our culture and leadership create a powerful engine for exceptional results. How many other management companies publish their employee reviews?

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Facility Expertise

Dedicated Facilities Management Caring for Your Common Areas

  • Facilities Management Team. Offering deep dive inspections, preventative maintenance, and holding your service providers to the highest standards.
  • Capital Improvement Project Management. Your expert boots on the ground, literally, for any capital project your community may be facing.
Our People & Process

Our distinct approach emphasizes two primary components: the right people on the team and the right processes.

Our People

Our people are some of the most well renowned experts in HOA management who started RISE to bring a refreshing attitude and flexibility to HOA Management. Our leaders come from diverse backgrounds, including HOA Management, hospitality, finance, engineering, and accounting. They are united by our core values: Inspiring Attitudes, Honoring Commitments, Stewardship, Curiosity, Finding a Way, Ownership, Partnership, and Precision.

This alignment is what sets us apart. Our company culture is one of service, flexibility, and execution which when combined with our expertise creates first-class experiences in our communities. Our team leaders strive to bring out the best in our teams, fostering an engaged workforce dedicated to serving the community. Pairing the right leaders with the right team members is the first step to helping a community thrive. Our culture attracts and retains an incredible assembly of the brightest and best professionals our industry has to offer.

93%
Of Team Members Would Recommend to a Friend

Our Processes

Running the operations of a first-class community is akin to running a luxury resort. First-class experiences emerge when the right people implement the right process. At RISE, we stand by the principle that what is measured gets managed. Our operating system revolves around gauging what’s paramount to our communities and Boards of Directors:

Future Planning

Budget Analysts to Create Your Long Range Road Map

  • Long-Range Financial Planning. Our budget analysts help you envision the financial road ahead using in house projection tools and budget analysis.
  • GAAP Compliant Accounting. Accrual basis accounting, audit support, and the top accounting team in the industry bring expertise to your front steps.
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Thinking about switching?

A Smooth, Low-Stress Transition

Switching management companies can feel risky: boards worry about losing institutional knowledge and gaps in service. RISE provides transition support, including for communities moving from developer control to homeowner-controlled boards, so the handoff is structured rather than disruptive.

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What boards say

Measurable Results, in Their Words

I was impressed the first month RISE took over — they sent a full financial report. That just doesn’t happen. The hands-on relationship we have with RISE, I would recommend to any HOA board.

Greg MazzantiniBoard President

Rise is a professional HOA Management Company. As I developed a professional relationship with them and understood their specific internal processes, I was able to work closely with them and get quick responses from them -- even after-hours if needed.

Allen AshkenHomeowner

I was impressed the first month RISE took over: they sent a full financial report. That just doesn’t happen. The hands-on relationship we have with RISE, I would recommend to any HOA board.

Greg MazzantiniBoard President

RISE is a professional HOA Management Company. As I developed a professional relationship with them and understood their specific internal processes, I was able to work closely with them and get quick responses, even after-hours if needed.

Allen AshkenHomeowner
Lifestyle Services

ReBuilding Community through Lifestyle Services

Bring your community back together with delightful experiences curated by Thrive, our Lifestyle Services team. Whether it is time for a wine tasting, ballroom dancing, or a good old fashioned barbecue our team will help your community Thrive!

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Managing a condominium or high-rise? See Condominium Management.

~200
Communities managed across Texas
4
Texas offices: Houston, San Antonio, Austin & League City
1,205
Google reviews across four offices
24/365
Emergency maintenance availability
RISE vs. the national firms

Resources of a Big Firm,
Attention of a Local One

Texas boards know the large national management companies, and their shortcomings: feeling like just another account number, manager turnover, slow response times, and critical functions handed off to third parties. RISE was built as the deliberate counter to all of it. Founder-led since 2016, with leadership rooted in finance, insurance, and military discipline, RISE pairs serious operating capability with the personal attention boards stop expecting from a national firm.

  • Local ownership and direct access to the founders
  • In-house accounting, facilities, and developer services, never outsourced
  • Named systems: RISE Elevate, RiseShield, and The RISE App with Sunny
  • Same-day callbacks and 24/365 emergency availability
  • Founder-led since 2016, with leadership rooted in finance, insurance, and military service
  • A branded insurance program and community-enrichment program no local competitor matches

From developer control to a thriving homeowner-led board, RISE manages the whole lifecycle.

RISE provides developer services for communities still under developer control, the documentation, budgeting, and operational groundwork that set a new community up to succeed from day one, kept in-house rather than handed to a third party.

When it's time to hand off to a homeowner-elected board, RISE provides structured transition support so institutional knowledge isn't lost and service never lapses. Boards worry most about losing continuity in a switch; a disciplined, documented handoff is how RISE removes that risk.

It's the same philosophy that runs through every RISE engagement: keep the critical work in-house, document the process, and make the board's job easier rather than harder. The founders had managed communities since 2007, nearly a decade before launching RISE in 2016, so the playbook behind every transition is built on experience, not theory.

Featured communities

Communities That Trust RISE

A sample of the Texas HOAs and master-planned communities RISE manages. In-depth case studies for each are on the way.

FAQ

We don’t believe in “nickel and diming” clients. All costs for base management services are clear and disclosed up front. The base management fee is the primary cost for HOA management services however you should also consider that there are costs for administrative services such as postage, mailings, and printing. These can be charged at an estimated fixed rate or as consumed. In addition there are several types of charges that are charged as a pass through to a homeowner such as late administration fees and resale certificates. These costs are not paid by the HOA unless paid by the requestor. We can prepare an annual estimate of all of these as part of a quote.

It takes a village to run a village. Not everyone is an expert on everything which is why we incorporate different experts to help with your specific needs such as facilities and amenity maintenance. The Facilities Manager prepares requests for proposals, reviews bids and creates bid comparisons, inspects contractor work for quality, coordinates large projects, and reviews ARC requests for compliance. This allows you the benefit of a wide variety of specialists for your community’s needs.

Accounting is one of our core competencies. The budget analyst role is responsible for ensuring you have the right data analysis and accounting insights to prepare a thoughtful budget not just for next year but for the next 5. They’re your in house resource for complicated matters such as loans, banking, long range planning, special assessments, and more.

RISE was founded in 2016 to fix an industry the founders saw as overly transactional, cumbersome, and reactive. Instead of service that varies by whichever manager you’re assigned, RISE runs on disciplined systems branded as "The RISE Difference": statements by the 15th, 144-hour notices, structured board packets, and monthly compliance cycles.

It also keeps critical functions, accounting, facilities management, developer services, in-house rather than outsourcing them, so boards keep visibility and control.

Yes. RISE assigns a dedicated community manager who knows your community. Manager-to-community ratios are not fixed: portfolio sizes are tailored based on community complexity and manager capability.

Yes. RISE maintains in-house budget analysts using proprietary projection tools, not an outsourced vendor. Accounting is accrual basis with audit support, statements are delivered by the 15th, and collections effectiveness is 99%+.

You can read more on the Financial Management page.

RISE provides governing document administration, governing document compliance support, and board advisory support. ARC requests are reviewed and decided by RISE, and covenant enforcement runs on a documented monthly cycle.

RISE is built on the CINC Systems platform. Jason Delgado serves on CINC’s advisory board. The RISE App gives boards and homeowners online voting, real-time collections, ACC requests, reservations, and Sunny, CINC’s AI Concierge. RISE also hosts an HOA web portal at no additional cost.

RiseShield, the RISE Master Insurance Program structured through Archer Risk Services, delivers lower premiums, broader coverage with fewer exclusions, streamlined claims handling, and risk management and compliance support.

Your elevation begins here

Together,
Let's RISE

Tell us about your community. RISE partners with boards and their volunteer leaders to build thriving, connected neighborhoods: through bold, responsive management and measurable results.

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