An hour with reserve-engineering and management practitioners on the new 15% reserve requirement — what it actually says, where boards get it wrong, and what to prepare for now.
A working session, not a sales pitch — the panel moves quickly through the questions boards are already raising with their reserve study firms and managers.
A working manager, a reserve-engineering consultant, and an industry voice — the three perspectives a board actually needs in the room when this question comes up.
Doug is President & CEO of CPE Property Management Solutions, a Connecticut-based firm specializing in community association management. With 20+ years of experience, he works with condominium, HOA, and cooperative boards on governance, financial strategy, reserve planning, and long-term community sustainability.
Consulting executive with a background in B2B sales, sales management, and client relations. Extensive experience in real estate, construction-defect, and capital-reserve engineering consulting across high-rise, condominium, country club, municipal, commercial, educational, housing, and entertainment property types.
Joining the panel to discuss field experience implementing reserve-study recommendations and the compliance considerations boards are weighing as the new Fannie/Freddie requirements take hold.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's updated reserve guidelines have changed how lenders evaluate condominium associations — and by extension, how easily owners in your community can finance and refinance their units.
For most boards, the right answer isn't panic — it's a measured look at the reserve study, the funding plan, and the gap between where the community is today and where the new threshold actually sits.
These guides cover the foundations — useful context for board members and managers working through the new reserve requirements.
How a reserve study connects asset condition to a long-term funding plan — and why it only works when it stays live.
Open guideLine-item structures, variance flags, and the questions boards should ask in budget season.
Open guideSixty minutes, three practitioners, real Q&A on the new 15% reserve requirement. Watch it free, share it with your board, and come to your next meeting ready.