We were HOA board members ourselves — frustrated by spreadsheets, buried email chains, and enterprise software priced for professional management companies, not volunteer boards running communities on weekends.
It was a Tuesday night in October. Our co-founder Marcus had just sat through his community's monthly board meeting — the fourth that year to run past 10 PM. The agenda was supposed to take 45 minutes. Instead, it took three rounds of searching email threads for attachments nobody could find, a spreadsheet that showed different numbers than the bank statement, and a 40-minute argument about a rule nobody could remember passing.
He texted Priya that night: “I need to show you something. There has to be a better way to run an HOA.”
There was. They just had to build it. Not another enterprise management platform with a $500/month price tag and a six-month implementation. Something built specifically for the 350,000+ self-managed communities across the United States — volunteer boards of real people who care about their neighborhoods, but who don't have professional management budgets or dedicated staff.
Today, TractOps is used by communities in 10 states. Every feature we've shipped came from a real conversation with a real board member who was struggling with a real problem. That's not going to change.
2022
Founded in Austin, TX after one too many late-night board meetings
4
Team members, all former HOA board members or community managers
18 mo
From first commit to first 100 communities on the platform
4.9★
Average board satisfaction rating across all active communities
Our Mission
Community associations are one of the most overlooked and underserved sectors in American real estate. We're changing that — one board meeting at a time.
Small numbers by enterprise standards. Meaningful to every community that's no longer running on spreadsheets.
500+
Communities
Active HOAs using our platform
50,000+
Residents
Homeowners served every day
10
States
And growing every month
$2M+
Dues Collected
Processed through our platform
They're the filter every product decision goes through before it ships.
Self-managed communities shouldn't have to choose between good software and keeping dues low. We price for volunteer boards, not enterprise budgets.
Board members are volunteers, not software engineers. Every feature we build has to be usable by someone who only touches it once a month.
Communities thrive when residents trust their board. We build tools that make financial reporting, meeting documentation, and decision-making radically open.
Behind every HOA is a neighborhood — real people who want to live well together. We never lose sight of the human relationships our software is meant to support.
Every person at TractOps has either served on a board, managed a community, or lived through the problems our software solves. That's not a coincidence — it's a hiring requirement.
Co-Founder & CEO
Former HOA board president for a 320-unit condo complex in Austin. Spent four years manually tracking dues in spreadsheets before deciding to build something better.
Co-Founder & CTO
Ex-Stripe engineer who bought a townhome in a self-managed HOA and immediately saw ten engineering problems in need of solving. Built our first prototype in a weekend.
Head of Product
Community manager who managed 28 HOAs simultaneously at a traditional property management firm. Joined us to build the software she always wished she had.
Head of Customer Success
Former HOA attorney who got tired of billing boards for avoidable mistakes. Now helps communities get set up right from day one — without the legal fees.
Hundreds of HOA boards have already replaced their spreadsheets and email chains with something better. Setup takes less than 30 minutes. No credit card required to start.
Free plan available. Paid plans starting at $29/month for communities under 50 units.