Community Managers Associates

What Community Managers Associates does

Community Managers Associates, Inc. (CMA) is a family-owned community association management firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri. The company provides managerial, fiscal, and administrative services to homeowner associations, condominium associations, villa communities, and multi-use residential communities across the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, including St. Louis, Chesterfield, and St. Charles. CMA organizes its offering into three tiers — Accounting Only, Hybrid, and Full Service — covering Financial Management (budgeting, reconciliation, reporting), Administrative Support (governance, communication, compliance), and Property Management (inspections, maintenance, vendor oversight). Additional services include real estate documentation for resale transactions and ancillary professional services such as delinquency processing, legal file administration, insurance claim management, and audit assistance billed at hourly or per-transaction rates.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring annual management fees structured around the three service tiers, supplemented by per-transaction resale fees (via the CondoCerts platform) and a $273/year add-on for the full Association Homeowner Portal suite. Go-to-market is a regional B2B sales motion: prospective association boards submit a 'Request a Proposal' form on the company website, call the main office line, or are referred by existing networks, with in-person visits available by appointment. The firm holds BBB accreditation and is a member of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), the trade body for the community association industry.

CMA's technology stack is entirely third-party and non-proprietary. The Association Homeowner Portal is powered by Vantaca, payments are processed through PropertyPay (First Citizens Bank), resale documents are handled via CondoCerts, and the marketing site runs on Wix. The company describes itself as leveraging 'latest technologies' to reduce volunteer board member burden, but no proprietary platform, in-house engineering, or differentiated technology assets are evidenced. The company is privately held, has no institutional investors, and operates as a single-office regional service business with 11-50 employees.

Name

Community Managers Associates

Legal name

Community Managers Associates, Inc.

Website

https://cmamanagers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Community Managers Associates is a family-owned community association management firm founded in 1982, providing financial, administrative, and property management services to HOAs, condominium, villa, and multi-use communities across the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Association Management Services

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Homeowners Association (HOA) Management (BPAJAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Association Compliance, Governance & Board Support Services (BPAJAHAN), Mixed-Use Community Association Management (BPAJAHAF)

Keywords

• HOA management services
• Community association management
• Condominium management
• Property management services
• Homeowner association administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Chesterfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Community Association Management Services: CMA generates revenue through recurring management fees charged to homeowner associations and condominium communities. Services are structured in three tiers (Accounting Only, Hybrid, Full Service) with varying levels of support and pricing. Additional revenue streams include transaction fees for unit transfers, cost-per-service pricing for specific deliverables (Exhibit B basis), and hourly rate charges for certain auxiliary services.
2. Professional Services and Ancillary Fees: Additional revenue from services including delinquency processing, legal file administration, insurance claim management, audit assistance, special assessments setup, and maintenance services billed at time and material rates. Also includes unit transfer services charged per transaction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Community Managers Associates (CMA) is a full-service community association management company providing financial, administrative, and property management services to homeowner associations (HOAs), condominium, villa, and multi-use communities in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Services are delivered in three tiers (Accounting Only, Hybrid, and Full Service) covering budgeting, board meeting support, vendor coordination, inspections, and 24/7 homeowner request handling, supported by an online portal powered by Vantaca.

Product overview

Community Managers Associates (CMA) is a full-service community association management company offering three tiered service levels: Accounting Only, Hybrid, and Full Service. The company provides integrated property management combining Financial Management (budgeting, reconciliation, reporting), Administrative Support (governance, communication, compliance), and Property Management (inspections, maintenance, vendor oversight) modules. CMA also offers a proprietary homeowner portal powered by Vantaca for online account access and payments, alongside Real Estate Services for resale documentation. The service architecture is modular, with Full Service providing the complete suite including dedicated manager assignment and 24/7 emergency response, while lower tiers offer selective components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accounting Only Services
• Hybrid Services
• Full Service Management
• Real Estate Resale Services
• Association Homeowner Portal (Vantaca)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Community Associations Institute (CAI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMA is a member of the Community Associations Institute, an international membership organization dedicated to building better communities. CAI provides information resources, educational opportunities, networking, and legislative activity updates to board members, community managers, and industry professionals. CMA's FAQ recommends asking potential management companies if they are members of CAI.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RealManage: US community association management company with similar tiered service offerings, board support, and HOA portal technology. Closely comparable to CMA in operating model and customer profile, though larger and multi-region.
• Sentry Management: Long-standing HOA and community association manager serving HOAs, condominium, and master-planned communities across the Southeast and beyond. Direct competitor with the same financial-administrative-physical management bundle as CMA.
• CAMS (Community Association Management Services): Community association manager serving condominium and homeowners associations in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Offers financial, administrative, and on-site management tiers directly comparable to CMA's Accounting Only / Hybrid / Full Service structure.

Others

• AppFolio: Property management SaaS platform used by many small and mid-sized property managers. Adjacent rather than directly competing; represents the platform-vendor landscape that could disintermediate traditional local managers like CMA.
• Vantaca: Cloud-based community association management platform that powers CMA's homeowner portal. Ecosystem partner via integration, but also a partial competitor as boards increasingly self-manage on platforms like Vantaca.

Broad incumbents

• FirstService Residential: National full-service residential property and HOA manager under FirstService Corporation. Overlaps directly with CMA on condominium and HOA management but at much larger scale and with broader ancillary services.
• Associa: Largest US community association management company operating nationally with a full HOA/condo service portfolio. Comparable to CMA on core service offering but with vastly greater scale, geographic reach, and proprietary technology — competes for the same HOA RFPs nationwide.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CMAmgrs
• Facebookfacebook.com/cmastlouis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-managers-associates

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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