ACT Management

What ACT Management does

Act Management specializes in providing comprehensive property management services. With a focus on Cooperative, Townhouse, and Condominium Associations, the company aims to enhance property value through proactive management strategies. Act Management's services include property leasing, sales, and management, tailored to meet the specific needs of each association. The company's approach is grounded in the principle of having a detailed plan for property management, drawing on lessons from diverse fields such as the Navy and education. Act Management serves the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, offering solutions designed to foster business growth and ensure the optimal management of properties.

Name

ACT Management

Legal name

ACT Management, Inc.

Website

https://actmanagementinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Act Management offers property management services for Cooperative, Townhouse, and Condominium Associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Association Property Management

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Townhome & PUD Association Management (BPAJAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Association Compliance, Governance & Board Support Services (BPAJAHAN), Association Maintenance, Vendor & Capital Project Management (BPAJAHAM)

Keywords

• Community association management
• HOA management services
• Condominium property management
• Cooperative association management
• Townhouse management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Browns Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Community Association Management Services: Recurring management fees from HOA and condominium associations. Services include financial reporting, reserve scheduling, budget preparation, and contractor coordination for associations ranging from 6 to 352 units with annual budgets from $22,000 to over $880,000.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ACT Management provides proactive property management services exclusively to Cooperative, Townhouse, and Condominium Associations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The firm creates Management Plans analyzing property condition, fiscal management, insurance coverage, annual calendars, and vendor selection; delivers full accounting including reserve schedules for FHA compliance; develops project specifications approved by the Board of Directors; coordinates contractors; and conducts on-site inspections.

Product overview

ACT Management, a division of Sentry Management, provides proactive property management services exclusively to Cooperative, Townhouse, and Condominium Associations throughout the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The company creates Management Plans that analyze property conditions, fiscal management, insurance coverage, annual calendars, and vendor selections. Services include financial reporting and analysis tools, reserve schedule development for FHA compliance, project specification development, contractor coordination, and on-site inspections. The company manages 49 associations ranging from 6 to 352 units with annual budgets from $22,000 to over $880,000.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Association Management Services Full-service property and association management for cooperative, townhouse, and condominium HOAs in the Twin Cities metro, covering board support, on-site management, property supervision, accounting, vendor coordination, and inspections for associations ranging from 6 to 352 units.
• Management Plan Development Creation of a tailored proactive Management Plan that analyzes current property condition, value-enhancement mechanisms, fiscal history, realistic budgets, adequate reserves, up-to-date insurance coverage, an organized annual calendar, and a selection of contractors and service vendors.
• Financial Reporting and Reserve Schedule Services Full accounting services for associations, including timely financial reporting, analysis tools, and reserve schedules designed to meet FHA reserve funding requirements while maintaining confidential, segregated association banking with no commingling of funds.
• Major Project Specification and Contractor Coordination Coordination of major capital and maintenance projects, including developing specifications for Board approval, securing and reviewing contract proposals, scheduling with selected vendors, and conducting on-site inspections to verify quality and report deviations to the Board before final approval.

Quantifiable outcome

• Managed associations with annual budgets from $22,000 to over $880,000
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sentry ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025In 2025, ACT Management became a division of Sentry Management. Sentry Management has been nurturing communities since 1975. The acquisition provides ACT Management with additional resources and support while maintaining the same local staff and office location. ACT continues to operate with its established team and Minneapolis/St. Paul area focus.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sentry Management: Parent company of ACT Management and one of the largest community association management firms in the U.S., founded in 1975. Directly comparable in HOA/condo management services, geographic reach, and service catalog — ACT now operates as a division of Sentry.
• RealManage: Community association management company serving HOAs and condominiums across multiple U.S. markets with a comparable full-service model including financial management, board support, and technology-enabled owner portals.
• CAMS (Community Association Management Services): Specialized HOA and condominium management firm with a similar full-service model — financial, maintenance, governance, and vendor coordination — serving master-planned, condominium, and townhome communities.

Broad incumbents

• Associa: Largest U.S. community association management company, serving HOAs, condos, and cooperatives nationwide. Comparable in core service offering (financial management, board support, vendor coordination) but operates at dramatically larger scale across many markets.
• FirstService Residential: National residential property management division of FirstService Corporation. Competes in the same HOA/condo management space with similar full-service offerings, but at much larger scale and with broader geographic coverage.

Regional players

• Towne Properties: Regional community association manager headquartered in the Midwest with a comparable full-service model to ACT — financial management, reserve studies, board advisory — though operating across multiple Midwestern states rather than a single metro.
• Keystone Pacific Property Management: Community association management firm focused on master-planned, condominium, and townhome associations with a comparable service catalog. Operates regionally (primarily West Coast), making it a structurally similar peer with different geography.
• Heritage Property Management: Mid-sized HOA and condominium management company with comparable full-service offerings (financial, maintenance, board support). Comparable in scale and service model, though geographically focused on the Northeast.
• Goodwin & Company: Community association management firm providing HOA and condominium management services with comparable functional offerings — accounting, reserve studies, vendor management — at a similar mid-market scale.

Emerging players

• Vantaca: Technology-forward HOA management software platform serving community association managers. An emerging competitor to traditional managers like ACT by enabling boards to access management capabilities via SaaS rather than full-service contracts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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