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The challenges holding back your portfolio's documentation

Inconsistent

Quality Varies Across Communities

Different community managers produce different-quality minutes. Some are thorough, some are bare-bones. Your firm's reputation depends on consistency you can't always control.

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Managers Buried in Admin

Your community managers spend 2-4 hours after every board meeting drafting minutes. That's time not spent on resident issues, vendor management, or the next community's meeting.

Late

Minutes = Unhappy Boards

When managers juggle 8-12 communities, minutes get pushed to the bottom of the list. Boards wait a week — or longer — and start asking questions your team doesn't want to answer.


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How It Works

Three simple steps to professional minutes across your portfolio

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Share Your Schedule

Send us meeting invites for any community in your portfolio — virtual or in-person

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We Capture the Record

We join each meeting and document motions, votes, and action items in real time

Review & Approve

Parliamentary-format minutes arrive within 24 hours. Your manager reviews in 10 minutes


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Why Management Companies Choose Us

Consistent Formatting — Every community gets the same parliamentary-format minutes — motions, seconds, votes, and action items. No more quality variation between managers.

24-Hour Delivery — Minutes arrive the next business day, every time. No more boards waiting a week. No more managers working weekends to catch up.

Free Up Your Managers — Give your community managers 2-4 hours back per meeting. That's time they can spend on higher-value work — resident relations, vendor oversight, compliance.

Volume Pricing — Discounted rates that make sense for portfolios of any size. Monthly invoicing, dedicated account support, and priority scheduling.

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The Portfolio Math

A community manager earning $55,000/year costs roughly $28/hour fully loaded.

If they spend 3 hours per meeting on minutes across 10 communities, that's 30 hours/month — or $840/month in labor just on documentation.

FirstMotion covers all 10 meetings for a fraction of that cost, with better quality, faster delivery, and zero manager burnout.

The question isn't whether you can afford professional minutes. It's whether you can afford not to have them.

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Common Questions From Management Companies

Can you handle our meeting volume?

Yes. We work with firms managing anywhere from 5 to 50+ communities. Our process scales — one meeting or thirty, same quality, same turnaround.

How do you handle different board preferences?

We follow a standard parliamentary format that works for every board. If a specific community has formatting preferences, we accommodate them at no extra charge.

What about confidential executive sessions?

We note that an executive session occurred and its general topic, but we do not document the discussion. All meeting data is encrypted and deleted within 7 days. Learn about our security practices.

Do we need a long-term contract?

No contracts required. Volume pricing is based on meeting count, not commitment length. Use us for one community or your entire portfolio — scale up or down anytime.

Try It With One Community — Free

Your first meeting is on us. See the quality, experience the turnaround, then decide if FirstMotion is the right fit for your portfolio.

First meeting free No long-term contract 24-hour delivery

Questions? Reach out directly:

[email protected]  ·  240.480.7936