Is Your HOA Out-of-Control?
You're not alone. Many homeowners across the country are seeing their neighborhoods damaged by poorly led or even criminal boards. These boards enforce rules selectively, make decisions out of self-interest rather than for the community, and fail to provide transparency.
“A failure to be transparent is often an indicator of fraud or malfeasance. If not, it sure is a nice set-up for it.”
— Dave Amis, Founder of Transparency™
Texas PI, CFE, MBA
What's the Solution?
A CFE-Supervised, F.A.S.T.™ Report Our F.A.S.T.™ Report is THE tool for homeowners dealing with troublesome HOA Boards. It's the beginning of a constructive process that can bring about change and accountability.
Choose Your Path
Primary Client
Full F.A.S.T.™ Report - You Pay
- 1.Take the quiz to assess your situation
- 2.Create your account and open a case
- 3.Upload documents and share your story
- 4.Receive your F.A.S.T.™ Report with evidence and recommendations
Rebel Leader
Recruit supporters from your community
- 1.Take the quiz to assess your situation
- 2.Create your account and open a case
- 3.Upload documents and share your story
- 4.Recruit supporters from your community (crowdfunding)
- 5.Receive your F.A.S.T.™ Report with evidence and recommendations
Stay Informed
Take the quiz and get monthly updates on HOA transparency
- 1.Take the free HOA assessment quiz
- 2.Get personalized recommendations
- 3.Sign up for monthly transparency tips
- 4.Upgrade to a full case anytime
How It Works
Get clarity on your HOA situation in 4 simple steps
Take the Quiz
Answer a few questions about your HOA situation (takes 2 minutes, no signup required)
Create Your Account
Sign up and decide if you want to open a case or just stay informed
CFE Investigation
Our Certified Fraud Examiners review your documents and HOA operations (14-day turnaround)
Receive Your F.A.S.T. Report
Get a comprehensive, court-admissible report with evidence and actionable recommendations
Benefits of a F.A.S.T.™ Report
See What's Really Going On
No more guessing. No more suspicions. You'll have a professional, objective assessment of your HOA's finances, governance, and leadership—backed by evidence and expert analysis.
Rally Your Community
Facts bring people together. Share the report with neighbors, recruit support for board elections, and organize with confidence. People listen when you have documentation from credible investigators.
Legal Ammunition
If negotiation fails, your F.A.S.T. Report is a court-admissible document. Attorneys will take your case more seriously. Judges want evidence, not anecdotes. You'll have both.
Hold Leadership Accountable
Bad actors can't hide when fraud is documented. Board members may resign. Elections become easier to win. Vendors who overcharged may settle. Transparency creates accountability.
Expert Recommendations
You don't have to figure out next steps alone. CFE-supervised recommendations give you a clear action plan—whether you're negotiating, organizing, or pursuing legal remedies.
Protect your Home's Value
There are HOA's which have literally gone bankrupt. There are others which cause so much damage (by intention or negligence) to the shared property, that your home value is depressed. In one of our cases, the HOA Board left the homeowners with over $200k of debt mostly from ill-conceived lawsuits and "improvement" projects that weren't needed.
Your F.A.S.T.™ Report is the carrot and the stick!
Watch out for the Sssss$$$ (pronounced "Sis-ka-ching")
Not all boards do it. Some HOA Boards are led and supported by excellent neighbors just trying to take care of the community. But when boards do go bad, they generally use one or more of the Sssss Tactics tactics.
SILENCE
Refusing to communicate generally, but especially avoiding, deflecting or just refusing to answer questions about official HOA Board activities.
STONEWALLING
Coming up with reasons why information can't be provided or even why meetings can't occur".
STASHING
This is when board members literally take HOA documents (digitally or physically) and put them somewhere that is hard or impossible to access.
SABOTAGE
Interfering or damaging positive plans for the HOA, for information gather, even for meetings.
SCHEMING
This relates to doing any of the above in an orchestrated plan.
$$$
Nefarious board members will use the HOA's cash to advance their personal agendas. We have seen everything from a new fence and cupboards for the President to over $100k in legal fees to sue various enemies of the board.
About Transparency, LLC
Specializing in problem HOA's, Transparency's team includes analysts, consultants, researchers, private investigators, and CFE's (elite financial crime investigators). Click here for more on our team.
The backgrounds of our extended team include over 100 years of financial management, investigations, and law enforcement. Our team is uniquely suited to address HOA issues in an efficacious manner with a focus on results.
Most of our team members also do covert asignments for major case squad and/or are being trained to do so, so their details are not published. The top four leaders in at Transparency including Dave all have elite backgrounds in financial analysis, investigations, special operations, consulting, and/or law enforcement. In addition, nearly all of them have experienced major problems with their own HOA's and so understand the perspectives of both home owners and board members.
Transparency offers three primary services to help owners and boards to understand, improve, and bring about positive change in their HOA's:
F.A.S.T. Reports™
Our proprietary F.A.S.T. Report™ - this report includes fraud assessment, a transparency score, and a leadership profile. The F.A.S.T.™ Report is a "first look" at what's happening in your HOA.
Cost = $4,950. This can be paid individually or as a group. A Transparency F.A.S.T. Report™ delivers more investigative value than any P.I. or Intelligence firm could do on their own. It is based on the experience of our team but also an algorythm developed by the Transparency™ Team. It will give you the data you need to confront the board, rallly the community, and begin a civil or criminal process as you desire.
Cost = $4,950
Fraud Investigation
If the result of your F.A.S.T. Report™ suggests fraud, theft, or malfeasance, or if you want to jump right to a formal investigation, we can do that. This will be a leads-based investigation and you will have the opportunity to suggests leads and investigative areas (IA's). Initial retainers for such cases start at $7,500. The investigative report can be used in both civil and criminal courts as well as negotiations.
Initial retainers start at $7,500
Major Case Squad Investigations
For frauds involving over $250k annual budgets or significant assets, the major case squad can be assigned to investigate any and all leads (i.e. "leave no stone unturned"). Major Case Investigations are generally $10k to $25k per month until completed. Both homeowners and boards can initiate an investigation and many good boards do.
$10k to $25k per month
CFE's (Certified Fraud Examiners)
CFE's have an advantage over regular PI's as well as accountants, forensic accountants, and others. CFE's can review financial documents as can many other financial professionals, but they can also "go down the rabbit hole", meaning they can follow any kind of lead wherever it goes.
CFE's have been described as "analyzers of financial documents to knocking on doors" investigators.
The Major Case Squad has two CFE's on its team. All other investigations have at least one.
Ready to Bring Transparency to Your HOA?
Join homeowners nationwide who are demanding accountability and constructive change in their HOA's. It's do-able!