Common Elements is the always-on industry expo for community associations.

The vendor hall, the professional community, and the structured bid room that today exist only at CAI chapter meetings and annual trade shows, open on your phone every day of the year.

It complements the management and accounting software you already use. It does not replace it. There is no general ledger here, no AP/AR, no owner ledger, no work-order queue. Keep the stack you have. Common Elements is the industry layer it does not include.

WHO IT IS FOR

Board members and directors of condominium and homeowner associations. Licensed community association managers and management company staff. Vendors, contractors, and service providers who work with associations. Attorneys, engineers, accountants, and insurance professionals who serve the industry.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Today: open the app to what needs attention. Pending invitations, unread messages, upcoming meetings, and activity from the people and organizations you work with.

Common Area: the industry forum. Ask other boards how they handled a roof bid, a reserve shortfall, or a vendor who stopped answering. Read what managers in your state are dealing with this week, and answer the ones you have already solved.

Directory: search people, associations, and vendors in one place. Filter vendors by trade and service area, read reviews written by other associations, and see who in the industry you already know. Browse associations on a map.

RFPs: post a scope from the property with photos, publish it to matched vendors, and compare bids side by side on one screen. Vendors get alerts for work in their trade and service area and submit proposals without leaving the truck.

Marketplace: surplus classifieds for the industry. List furniture, equipment, and materials your association is retiring, or find what another association is replacing. Common Elements introduces buyer and seller and never handles the money.

Jobs: the industry hiring board. Management companies, associations, and vendors post open roles. Managers, coordinators, and field staff find them.

Messages: direct messages with the people and organizations you work with, plus notifications for RFP activity, reviews, and relationship invitations.

Meetings and governance: schedule board meetings, build the agenda, take minutes, and track the action items after everyone has gone home. Review adopted budgets and reserve studies, and keep compliance deadlines in one list.

Reference: Florida statutes 718, 719, and 720, searchable by section and readable on a phone. Your association's governing documents, organized by article and section. Guides written for the people who actually do this work.

Reviews: rate the vendors you have hired. Vendors respond publicly. Every review is tied to a real organization and a real person, not an anonymous handle.

WHY IT EXISTS

In community-association law, the common elements are the parts every owner shares: the pool, the clubhouse, the lobby, the roof, the landscaping out front. They are what turns a building or a subdivision into a community. The work of caring for them is the work this platform exists to support.

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