About Common Interest Advisors, LLC
Common Interest Advisors, LLC is a leading consulting firm dedicated to empowering community associations, condominium boards, HOAs, co-ops, and planned communities with the expertise they need to thrive.
Who We Are
Founded by industry professionals with decades of hands-on experience, Common Interest Advisors, LLC brings integrity, independence, and specialized insight to every client engagement. Our mission is to strengthen the trust, transparency, and financial health of common interest communities nationwide.
What Sets Us Apart
* Unbiased Expertise: We serve as independent advisors—never influenced by vendors or management companies—offering objective reviews and tailored solutions.
* Forensic & Management Audits: Using proven investigative techniques, we uncover waste, fraud, and abuse, and help associations implement safeguards for the future.
* Board and Owner Partnership: Our work supports both boards and property owners, ensuring all stakeholders benefit from accountable, ethical governance.
* Comprehensive Services: From financial reviews and compliance checks to reserve studies, litigation support, and strategic planning, our services are tailored to each community’s unique needs.
Meet the Co-Founder
Michael J. Novak—Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner
With extensive experience leading high-profile audits—including work on world-renowned properties like at the former John Hancock Center—Michael brings trusted expertise in association governance, accounting, and dispute resolution.
Our Commitment
We believe strong communities start with integrity, clear communication, and reliable financial oversight. By partnering with Common Interest Advisors, LLC, your association takes a proactive step toward greater transparency, compliance, and peace of mind.
Get in touch today to learn how our independent, expert guidance can protect and strengthen your community.
Why Choose Us
Independent, Unbiased Guidance
Forensic & Financial Expertise
Transparent Transactions
Proven Results for Communities
Clients Review
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In the under-regulated world of homeowner associations—where owners are too often left in the dark and vulnerable to exploitation—**Common Interest Advisors, LLC** stands out as an essential safeguard. Led by Michael J. Novak, CPA, CMA, CFA, the firm brings unmatched independence and expertise to HOA accounting, governance, and reserve studies. Michael’s deep command of the arcane rules and accounting practices that govern HOAs equips him to uncover waste, fraud, and abuse that ordinary owners or even conventional auditors routinely miss.
What sets Common Interest Advisors apart is its commitment to empowering owners and boards with clarity and accountability. Michael’s record of expert testimony in high-stakes legal disputes and his relentless forensic analysis have delivered real-world impact—strengthening communities, holding management companies to account, and ensuring transparency where it is often absent. By choosing Common Interest Advisors, communities gain not only an expert in the complexities of HOA finance and regulation but also a trusted ally who transforms obscure rules and opaque practices into protection and empowerment for homeowners.
Our Substack Newsletters
The vast majority of our newsletters focus on the ongoing story of the 175 East Delaware Place HOA—a reference case-study in HOA corruption, financial mismanagement, and governance failures. Follow regular episodes as we uncover new findings and discuss what this case means for communities everywhere.
