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Delinquency recovery, without turning neighbor against neighbor.

Unpaid assessments drain the budget and fall on the owners who pay on time — and rising delinquency is one of the two most common reasons boards change managers. We bring your collections current and keep them there, with a fair, consistent process our communities average around 10% delinquency on.

A healthy, well-kept Gulf South neighborhood where dues stay current and common areas are cared for
Why it's worth solving now

Delinquency costs more than the unpaid balance.

Left to grow, it quietly reshapes the whole community's finances — and its patience. Both problems are fixable with the right process.

It drains the budget

Every unpaid assessment is a hole in the budget that paying owners quietly cover. Let it grow and you get thinned reserves, deferred maintenance, and eventually a special assessment that punishes the responsible majority.

It's a top reason boards switch

Rising delinquency sits right alongside poor communication as the most common reason boards fire their manager. A consistent process should keep it low — ours averages around 10%.

How we bring your collections current

Consistency lowers delinquency. We make it automatic.

Low delinquency comes from applying the same fair process to everyone, every cycle — not from harsher penalties. Here's what that looks like when we run it.

One policy, applied to everyone

We put a written collections policy in place and enforce it identically for every owner. Consistency is what lowers delinquency — and what keeps your board out of disputes.

We make paying the easy option

Online payments, autopay, clear statements, and reminders before the due date recover more than late fees ever will. Most delinquency is friction — we remove it before it escalates.

Escalation, handled for you

When an account goes past due we run a documented, predictable ladder — reminder through lien through counsel — so your board never has to make the awkward call to a neighbor.

Compassion built in

Owners facing genuine hardship are offered a structured payment plan within policy. We protect the budget and the relationship at the same time.

A predictable path

The recovery ladder we run for you.

Every account climbs the same rungs in the same order — handled by our team and documented at each step, so your board isn't chasing payments or making the hard calls.

Rung 01

Friendly reminder

A nudge before or just after the due date — no fee. Most "delinquency" is friction, and a reminder clears it early.

Rung 02

Late notice & fee

Only the fee your governing documents and state law allow, applied on the same day in the cycle for every owner.

Rung 03

Formal demand

A certified letter stating the balance, the deadline, and what happens next — documented for a clean record.

Rung 04

Lien

Recorded per state law to keep the association's claim ahead of the line — protection, not punishment.

Rung 05

Legal referral

A last resort handled by counsel, reserved for accounts that ignore every earlier rung.

Throughout

Payment plans

A structured plan within policy is available at any stage for owners in genuine hardship. Compassion and consistency aren't opposites.

~10%
average delinquency across CMGT communities
96%
client retention, by dollar value
By the 20th
full financials to every owner, every month
Who does the work

The reminders, the late notices, the certified demands, the lien filings, the calls to counsel — we run all of it. Your board approves the policy; we do the work.

Before you switch

Questions boards ask about delinquency.

Not on its own — a consistent process does, and that's exactly what we bring. When you move to CMGT we carry open balances over cleanly rather than resetting them, and put the recovery ladder to work from day one. See how the switch works.
Around 10% is our portfolio average — and it's just that, an average, with many communities running lower. It comes from applying the same process every cycle, not from harsher penalties. We won't promise a specific number for your community, but the direction is consistently down.
They're offered a structured payment plan within policy. Treating people fairly and keeping the budget whole are not in conflict — that's the whole point of a documented process.
We do. Notices, fees, demands, liens, and coordination with counsel are run by our team and documented at every step. Your board sets and approves policy; we execute it — and it ties directly into financial management and reserve health.

Delinquency climbing?

Tell us where your collections stand. We'll show you exactly how we'd bring them current — within two business days.