Vantaca and Maegan Woytek are proud to present this week's news you need to know happening across the industry! We plan to bring you all the critical news, regulatory shifts, market shifts and operational insights that are impacting your business every other week, so you can stay ahead of it. What you need to know for this week's episode:

1. CNBC and Yahoo Finance both spotlighted Vantaca's data this week, reporting that median HOA dues jumped 44% in 2025 to $757 after years of holding steady around $500, based on our analysis of the same cohort of more than 3,300 associations covering over half a million homes from 2021-2025.
2. The why behind the spike: condo master policy premiums nearly doubled from $53 to $105 per door between 2021 and 2025.
3. With hurricane season officially opening June 1, every homeowner should be asking their board two questions before the first named storm.

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Vantaca and Maegan Woytek are proud to present this week's news you need to know happening across the industry! We plan to bring you all the critical news, regulatory shifts, market shifts and operational insights that are impacting your business every week, so you can stay ahead of it.

What you need to know for this week's episode:

1. Bankrate reports credit card delinquencies have hit their highest point since 2011, even as mortgage delinquencies stay low. New residents are carrying more financial stress than their paperwork shows.
2. TheStreet reports multigenerational households have climbed to nearly 4 million, up from 3.2 million a decade ago, as a $436,000 median home price pushes families to consolidate under one roof.
3. Minnesota just passed HOA reform after two years of resident pressure over reserve fund and special assessment confusion. 82% of new homes in the state are built inside an HOA.

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Out of 22M Floridians, 10M live in an HOA, and CEOMC member companies manage 6.5M of those, about 65% of the market. So what does it take to shift the perception of an entire industry?

In this episode of Guilty By Association, host Megan Woytek and special co-host Catie Marks sit down with Mark Anderson, Executive Director of CEOMC Florida, for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Florida legislative session, the fights that almost ended community association management as we know it, and the playbook that turned a small coalition of management companies into one of the most underestimated political forces in the state.

Chapter Breakdown:

• 00:00 - 03:23 - Intro
• 03:23 - 06:20 - The HOA UPL Battle
• 06:20 -12:03 - David vs Goliath
• 12:03 - 16:21 - Defund the HOA?
• 16:21 - 19:00 - Fixing the Industry Perception
• 19:00 - 24:51 - Voting & Getting Involved
• 24:51 - 28:32 - How to Get Started TODAY

Guest Mark Anderson — Executive Director, CEO-MC Florida. For more than a decade, Mark has led the coalition representing 60+ community association management companies and 6.5 million of the 10 million Floridians who live in an HOA. His advocacy work helped pass the 2013 legislation that ended the Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL) threat against the industry, and he's been instrumental in shaping every major piece of Florida HOA legislation since.

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• Mark Anderson Governmental Consulting
• Learn more & get involved: info@ConsultAnderson.com

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