Community association management and consulting

Grounded in your documents. Accountable to your board.

Common Ground Solutions manages and advises condominium and homeowners association boards from our base in Northern Virginia.

NewGrounded, our community management platform
12+
Years managing associations
CMCA
Certified manager
AMS
Management specialist
CAI
Institute member
What we handle
Grounded by Common Ground Solutions

One record for the whole community

Residents, leases, requests, board decisions and the reserve plan in one place, with every deadline and notice following your governing documents. Shared with the board, not hidden from it.

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Association management

Full-service management and consulting for condominiums and HOAs. Credentialed professionals who know the industry and are readily accessible.

Board advisory

We read the documents, then bring the board clear recommendations with the reasoning attached.

Governing documents

Experts at understanding and enforcing association declarations, bylaws and rules.

Reserve and budget review

An independent second read of the reserve study and the budget that funds it.

Strategic planning and capital projects

Multi-year planning for the association, and project management for capital work from bid through closeout.

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Our foundation

Transparency and accountability are the foundation of Common Ground.

Transparency

The board sees the same documents, numbers and open items we do, on the day they change.

Accountability

Every recommendation comes with its reasoning, and every decision is documented on the record.

The same two principles are built into Grounded, the platform we use to deliver our work.

The difference

Traditional in the advice. Modern in the delivery.

Legacy management firms treat technology as an afterthought. We were built around it.

The board still decides. Our job is to make sure it decides with the facts, on the record, and on time.

Steven Levin, LCAM, CMCA, AMS
Steven Levin, Managing Principal

Bring us the decision you are stuck on.

A first conversation runs 45 minutes and costs nothing. Come with your questions.