Common Interest Advisors, LLC
We help boards, owners, attorneys, lenders, and developers understand the financial risks hidden inside community associations — through independent analysis, forensic investigation, budgeting expertise, and governance review.
✓Proven on a 700+ unit forensic investigation — independent, evidence-based, and built to withstand scrutiny.
CPA • CMA • CFA • MBA
40+ Years Accounting Experience • 30+ Years Serving Community Associations • 200,000+ Documents Reviewed in a Single Engagement
Illinois IDFPR-Approved CAM Continuing Education Sponsor — License No. 292.000041
Risk-Free Engagement
Most community association consultants charge fees regardless of the outcome. Our Distinguished Budget Preparation process is different.
If we cannot identify at least $30,000 in recurring annual operating savings, you pay nothing.
This service is designed for associations seeking an independent review of operating expenses, vendor contracts, staffing models, reserve funding practices, and long-term financial planning.
We provide independent financial and governance expertise across the full life cycle of a community association — from routine oversight to high-stakes disputes.
Independent budgeting, reserve funding, and long-term financial planning.
Learn More →Independent analysis and defensible expert reporting.
Learn More →Guidance for associations moving away from third-party management.
Learn More →Featured Case Study
Sudler Property Management refers to the John Hancock Center as its flagship property. Following a forensic investigation commissioned by a group of owners, Common Interest Advisors evaluated one of Chicago's largest condominium associations and identified significant governance, financial reporting, reserve-funding, and transparency concerns.
Think of PATScore as a condominium CARFAX — a single 0–100 signal of an association's financial health. The forensic review documented:
In the community association industry, the people who prepare the numbers, sell the services, and review the results are too often connected. Common Interest Advisors is structured to avoid those conflicts entirely.
Independence is not a marketing word for us. It is the structural reason our analysis can be trusted by boards, owners, attorneys, lenders, and the courts alike.
Learn Why Independence Matters →Signature Framework
A 0–100 financial transparency and governance risk score for community associations — think of it as a condominium CARFAX. PATScore distills an association's reserve study, audited financials, tax returns, and budget into a single, comparable signal of risk for buyers, lenders, boards, and owners.
Continuing Education
Beyond the Budget is a four-part educational program, offered monthly May through November and approved for Illinois CAM continuing education credit. It helps directors, managers, and owners understand budgeting, reserve funding, financial reporting, governance, and long-term financial planning.
Illinois IDFPR-Approved CAM CE Sponsor · License No. 292.000041
Common Interest Advisors provides independent financial oversight, forensic investigations, budgeting expertise, reserve funding analysis, and litigation support for community associations nationwide. We work exclusively for associations and the owners they serve — never for management companies, vendors, or parties with a financial interest in the outcome.
Learn More About CIA →Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner
Founder of Common Interest Advisors with more than 40 years of accounting and finance experience serving community associations, boards, attorneys, lenders, and developers.
