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Service Levels · Five ways to work with Edison

Pay for the management your community actually needs.

Most management companies have one way of working and ask every board to fit inside it. Edison offers five levels, from behind-the-scenes accounting to a manager dedicated to your community full time. Answer three questions and we will tell you which one fits.

Find your level

Three questions. One answer.

No email required, nothing to download. Most boards are done in under a minute.

Question 1 of 3

What would your board most like to hand over?

There is no wrong answer. This is the starting point, not the commitment.

The five levels

Only what actually differs.

Assessments, financials, AR/AP, collections, homeowner support, the resident portal and board education are identical at all five levels, so they are not in this table — they are the band directly below it. Everything here changes as you move up.

Accounting Only
Accounting Plus
Portfolio
Growing fastest
Portfolio Plus
On-Site
What it is
Everything financial, nothing operational. The books, the billing, and the collections, handled by professionals.
Accounting Only, plus any operational service you buy as you need it. Meetings, inspections, projects, enforcement — priced per use.
Standard full management. A dedicated LCAM and community specialist who know your community, your documents, and your vendors.
The hybrid. A dedicated manager physically on site one to three days a week, with the full Edison back office behind them.
A manager dedicated to one community full time. Yours. Optional admin and maintenance staff alongside them.
Your manager
Dedicated LCAM
–
–
Assigned
1–3 days on site
Full time, on site
Assigned community specialist
–
–
✓
✓
✓
Board meetings
–
Hourly
Quarterly
Monthly
Monthly
Admin & maintenance staff
–
–
–
Optional
Optional
Day-to-day operations
Site inspections
–
Per visit
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Vendor sourcing & oversight
–
Per use
✓
✓
✓
Covenant enforcement
–
Per use
✓
✓
✓
Project management
–
Per use
✓
✓
✓
On-site homeowner support
–
–
–
✓
✓
Community event planning
–
–
–
✓
✓
Newsletter publication
–
–
–
✓
✓
Best fit
Small communities, often self-managed or with their own on-staff help, that need financial oversight and risk off the volunteers.
Small communities with capable volunteers or strong vendor relationships that want a professional available for specific needs.
Communities that want a manager who knows them and stays. The most common fit by a wide margin.
Larger communities that want regular on-site presence without funding a full-time manager.
Large communities with the scale and budget to support a full-time manager of their own.
Pricing
Starting at
$500
per month
Starting at
$500
per month, plus services as needed
Starting at
$2,000
per month, and scales with community size
Starting at
$2,000
per month, plus salary/burden costs
Starting at
$2,000
per month, plus salary/burden costs

Not sure where you land? Edison reviews fit before placing any community. If a level is wrong for you, we will say so — including when full management is the better value. Every level applies to HOA management and condo management alike, and the financial work at each is run by the same accounting department.

  • Pricing shown is starting pricing and may vary based on community size, scope and service requirements.
  • At Accounting Plus, site inspections are billed per visit and board meetings hourly, rather than included in the monthly fee.
  • At On-Site and Portfolio Plus, salary/burden costs for the on-site manager are billed on top of the monthly management fee.
At every level

And here is what never changes.

Every row above differs by level. These do not. Choosing a lighter level reduces how much manager access you buy — it does not move you to a lesser version of Edison, and it is the first thing boards ask when they look at one of the smaller levels.

Resident portal and mobile app

Homeowners get the same portal, website, and app at Accounting Only that they get at On-Site. Payments, documents, and requests in one place.

Homeowner support

Support with payments and account questions is the same at every level — it is not something a lighter level buys less of. On-Site communities also have Edison's corporate team behind the staff on the ground.

Full Edison Education access

Board education is not a premium add-on. Every community at every level gets the same access to Edison's board education program.

Risk off the volunteers

Your board stops signing checks. Financial controls, documentation, and statutory recordkeeping are handled by licensed professionals at every level.

Licensed, specialist departments

Accounting, covenant enforcement, and collections are staffed departments, not side duties bolted onto one manager's week.

A closer look

What each level actually looks like.

Pick a level to see what it gets you and what it does not. Answer the questions above and this jumps to the one we would put you at.

The level nobody else offers

Portfolio Plus solves a problem nobody was addressing.

  • For years the choice was binary: a manager who visits, or a manager on your payroll five days a week. Communities that needed two days were paying for five.
  • A dedicated Edison LCAM is physically in your community on a set schedule — one, two or three days a week — and carries a small portfolio alongside it.
  • Homeowners get a face and a desk. Boards get on-site presence without funding a full-time salary, benefits and vacation cover.
  • The full Edison back office stands behind that manager: accounting, covenant enforcement and collections departments, not one person doing everything.
What to know before you pick it
  • You and the board set the number of on-site days, and that is what you get.
  • Admin and maintenance staff are available if you want them, billed separately from the management fee.
  • It is the fastest-growing level in Edison's portfolio, largely because former on-site communities are converting to it.

Not sure which level you belong at?

Tell us your size, your amenities, and what your board is tired of doing. We will tell you which level fits — and say so plainly if a different one is the better value.

We were a hundred and twelve doors and nobody would return our calls. Every company we talked to wanted to sell us full management or nothing. Edison put us on accounting, told us exactly what we would be giving up, and then told us which two months of the year we would probably want to buy a meeting. That was the first honest conversation we had had in two years.
Board President
HOA · 112 doors · Central Florida
FAQ

What boards ask about service levels

Can we change levels later?
Yes. Communities move between levels as their needs change — a board that starts at Accounting Only and takes on a major capital project often moves to Portfolio for the duration. Changes are handled at renewal or by amendment, and Edison will flag it proactively when your usage suggests a different level would serve you better.
What does 'no dedicated manager' actually mean day to day?
At Accounting Only and Accounting Plus, no specific LCAM is assigned to your community. Your accounting is handled by Edison's accounting department, and homeowners still reach support through the portal. When you book an operational service at Accounting Plus, it is covered by whichever licensed manager is available. They will read your governing documents before the meeting, but they will not carry your community's history.
Is Accounting Plus cheaper than Portfolio?
It depends entirely on how much you use. A quiet year at Accounting Plus costs well under full management. A year with a capital project, a contentious annual meeting, and regular enforcement can cost more than Portfolio would have. Edison will tell you when that is the likely outcome rather than let you find out in December.
Does the level affect how fast our financials arrive?
No. Monthly financial reporting runs on the same schedule and through the same accounting department at every level, from Accounting Only through On-Site.
Do condo associations and HOAs get the same levels?
Yes. Service levels cut across community type — a 60-unit HOA and a 400-unit condo association can both sit at Accounting Plus. What changes for a condo is the statutory work layered on top, including milestone inspection and structural integrity reserve study coordination, which Edison handles regardless of level.
How does Edison decide whether we are a fit for a level?
We look at community size, amenity load, volunteer capacity, and how much manager access your board genuinely needs — not how much it wants to spend. Edison vets fit before placing any community, and will decline to place a board at a level that will not serve it.
Lighting the way

Tell us what your board is tired of doing.

Fifteen minutes is usually enough to know which of the five levels fits your community. Request a proposal and we will scope it against your actual documents, not a template.