0:28Our approach
Meet Mickey Latz
Mickey introduces his background managing homeowner associations and training board members and managers.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
The community association management perspective
Community Association Management Advisor
Mickey Latz has more than twenty years of experience in community association management. He owned and ran a management company that, at its peak, employed 25 people and managed approximately 100 homeowners associations, and he sold it in 2022. He now advises HOA boards, management companies and vendors through HOA Consultants, LLC, the consulting firm he founded in 2023. He holds the CMCA and AMS credentials from Community Associations Institute, an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a business degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As Community Association Management Advisor and a member of Northwest Construction & Insurance Law’s Advisory Council, he contributes the board and management perspective to the firm’s coordinated approach. His role is to help explain how boards and management companies actually make decisions, what gets in the way, and how a community moves from a building problem to a decision its owners will support.

Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
Mickey introduces his background managing homeowner associations and training board members and managers.
Conversations with Mickey Latz
Conversations about investigation, reserve funds, special assessments, owner communication and developer turnover. Each film includes captions and a transcript.
0:28Our approach
Mickey introduces his background managing homeowner associations and training board members and managers.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
2:00HOAs & communities
How a manager can bring expert findings to the board and explain when an investigation should expand.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
1:52HOAs & communities
What boards can ask about the history, cause and extent of damage before authorizing a repair.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
3:35HOAs & communities
When to share findings with owners, how to use the meeting agenda, and how to keep the community informed.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
1:57HOAs & communities
What to review about reserve funds before counting on them to pay for repairs.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
3:30HOAs & communities
How vendor bids, utilities and historical expenses can help explain a proposed increase to owners.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
4:08HOAs & communities
Why management relationships and a documented record matter as control moves from the developer to the owners.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
5:10HOAs & communities
What a new board can gather, review and communicate when it assumes control of the association.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
4:37HOAs & communities
How a board can explain the proposed assessment, share expert findings and give owners time for questions.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
3:15HOAs & communities
How to present the repair cost, the money available and the remaining amount per owner.
Mickey Latz, MBA, CMCA, AMS
Share the building issue, any investigation or repair recommendations, and the decisions or dates your board is facing. We review inquiries for conflicts and fit before discussing further work.