Referral sites sell your info. BoardMatch runs your search.
Type "find an HOA management company" and you'll land on lead-generation directories. They look free, but they charge management companies for every lead, and that cost finds its way back into your community's fees. There is a better way to run this search.
What your board actually wants
- Real bids, not a list of phone numbers
- Vetted companies, not whoever paid to be listed
- Your budget kept confidential from bidders
- A side-by-side analysis in plain English
- Zero cost and zero obligation to your board
Lead-gen directory vs BoardMatch
| Typical referral directory | NeighborLink BoardMatch | |
|---|---|---|
| Business model | Companies pay per lead or referral | Free for boards, no per-lead fees for anyone |
| Who is listed | Companies that joined and paid | Invite-only network, screened against written standards |
| What you receive | Contact info and sales calls | Real bids plus a side-by-side analysis |
| Your budget | Often shared with everyone who bought the lead | Never shared with bidders |
| Your incumbent | May be the first to buy your lead | Excluded by default unless you invite a re-bid |
| The work | You call, chase, compare and negotiate | Tell us once; we run the process end to end |
Based on publicly described lead-referral business models common across property management directories. Always confirm any service's current terms directly.
We're also a bidder you can ignore
NeighborLink offers management services too, so here's our conflict-of-interest policy in one sentence: BoardMatch analysis treats NeighborLink like any other bidder, our own bid is clearly labeled, and choosing someone else costs you nothing and changes nothing. Most referral sites cannot say that, because selling your attention is their whole business.