Guilty By Association is the podcast where community management meets the bigger conversation. Hosted by Maegan Woytek and the Vantaca team, Guilty by Association features leaders from inside and outside the CAM industry exploring how automation, service design, and operational excellence are transforming the way management companies operate. Plus our biweekly News You Need to Know segment covering the stories shaping the profession right now.
Guilty by Association: The Vantaca Podcast
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Guilty By Association is the podcast where community management meets the bigger conversation. Hosted by Maegan Woytek and the Vantaca team, Guilty by Association features leaders from inside and outside the CAM industry exploring how automation, service design, and operational excellence are transforming the way management companies operate. Plus our biweekly News You Need to Know segment covering the stories shaping the profession right now.
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June 16, 2026
What Homeowners Really Think About HOA Life — Inside the 2026 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey with Jake Gold (FCAR)
<p>We've all seen the viral HOA horror stories. But what do the people who actually live in a community association think? For 21 years — across 11 surveys, a housing crisis, a pandemic, and historic inflation — the Foundation for Community Association Research has asked residents directly, in a nationally representative survey representing the 74 million Americans who live in community associations. The answer keeps coming back the same: the overwhelming majority are satisfied with community association living.</p><p>In this episode of Guilty by Association, host Maegen Woytek talks with Jake Gold, CAE, Executive Director of FCAR, about the just-released 2026 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey, "Preferred Places to Call Home." They dig into why a consistent 21-year benchmark beats the one-off study that trends for a week and disappears, the gap between the headlines and the data, and the people the narrative usually overlooks — the volunteer boards and community managers running multi-million-dollar operations.</p><p>Chapter Breakdown:</p><ul><li>00:00 - 03:45 - <strong>Intro</strong></li><li>03:45 - 09:09 - <strong>The 2026 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey</strong></li><li>09:09 -13:44 - <strong>Biggest Surprises from the Survey</strong></li><li>13:44 - 16:31 - <strong>Can Technology Help CAMs Increase Satisfaction with Residents</strong></li><li>16:31 - 19:28 - <strong>The Gap Between What Residents Want and What They're Getting Today</strong></li><li>19:28 - 22:34- <strong>How Can the Ecosystem Best Use These Survey Findings </strong></li><li>22:34 - 26:09 - <strong>What's Next for the Foundation? </strong></li></ul><br/><p>For more information on the Foundation of Community Research:</p><ul><li><strong>Website:</strong> https://foundation.caionline.org/</li><li><strong>The 2026 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey: </strong>https://foundation.caionline.org/research/survey_homeowner/</li><li>Jake Gold: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-gold-a5b5b212/</li></ul><br/>
May 29, 2026
HOA News You Need To Know: Week of 5/29/26
<p>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:</p><ol><li><strong>CNBC and Yahoo Finance </strong>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.</li><li><strong>The why behind the spike:</strong> condo master policy premiums nearly doubled from $53 to $105 per door between 2021 and 2025.</li><li><strong>With hurricane season officially opening June 1</strong>, every homeowner should be asking their board two questions before the first named storm.</li></ol><br/><p>Subscribe to Guilty by Association for ongoing industry updates and more conversations from Vantaca. Subscribe for more Guilty By Association:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/vantaca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGKaO8UeYZgffne2EvBIFVPLpkBcbfPK9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vantaca.com/vantaca-podcast?utm_campaign=39082057-2026-Expert%20Series&utm_source=Podcast&utm_term=management-companies&utm_content=GBA-link-Mark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guilty-by-association-the-vantaca-podcast/id1628147312" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6wk4lN1nJDhZbm0Ta2wAJk?si=48774644fd09419c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li></ul><br/>
May 15, 2026
HOA News You Need To Know: Week of 5/15/26
<p>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.</p><p>What you need to know for this week's episode:</p><ol><li><strong>Bankrate reports credit card delinquencies have hit their highest point </strong>since 2011, even as mortgage delinquencies stay low. New residents are carrying more financial stress than their paperwork shows.</li><li><strong>TheStreet reports multigenerational households </strong>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.</li><li><strong>Minnesota just passed HOA reform</strong> 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.</li></ol><br/><p>Subscribe to Guilty by Association for ongoing industry updates and more conversations from Vantaca.</p>
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