HoabyOwners
Seed · YC-style memo

HOA software without the vendor tax.

Self-managed HOA operating system — dues, maintenance, voting, docs — at $5/user/month.

The ask: $1.0M seed — $1.0M seed to win self-managed HOAs on price and clarity against Buildium-class incumbents.

Problem

The pain

Volunteer boards inherit paper chaos and opaque management fees. Legacy HOA software is priced for management companies, not owners running the community themselves.

Solution

What we build

Live dashboard: invoicing, Stripe dues, maintenance routing, voting, documents, role-based communication — month-to-month, all features included.

  • Owner/board/member roles in one system.
  • Online dues + autopay.
  • Maintenance tickets with visibility.
  • Voting and document center.

Why now

Timing

Self-management rises as management fees spike. Boards already live in Slack and Stripe.

Market

Who pays

U.S. HOAs and condo associations — especially small-to-mid communities overpaying managers for software-shaped work.

Customer

Volunteer boards and homeowners who want transparency without a management-company tax.

Business model

Simple SaaS: $5/user/month, free trial, cancel anytime. Land community → expand units.

Traction

Where we are

Product live with Stripe-powered dues and a sharp TCO narrative vs Buildium/AppFolio-class tools. Community counts verified in diligence.

$5/userPrice
FreeTrial
StripePayments
TCO winVs legacy

Marketing proof lines (HOAs/units) available as audited figures in the data room.

For investors

How you make money

Classic SaaS land-and-expand: cheap seat price, sticky board workflows, expanding unit counts. Capital funds PLG and displacement wins — equity value tracks ARR as communities pile on.

  • Seat expansion: More homes in a community = more monthly SaaS without a new sale.
  • Displacement: Clear TCO story vs Buildium/AppFolio wins angry treasurers.
  • Retention: Boards hate migrating dues/docs twice — switching costs favor us once live.

Use of funds

Where capital goes

45% · Self-serve growth

Board acquisition and conversion

40% · Product depth

Parity/depth vs manager-centric incumbents

15% · Onboarding

Fast migration (24–48h guided claims)

Competition

Who else, and why we win

  • Buildium / AppFolio / CINC: powerful, expensive, manager-centric.
  • PayHOA and lighter tools: partial feature sets.
  • Spreadsheets + email: still the real incumbent.

Insight

What we believe that others miss

The buyer is the volunteer treasurer at 10pm. Win on clarity and price.

Team & next

Why this team

Portfolio SaaS builders with payments and community-ops experience.