Independent financial oversight, forensic investigations, budgeting expertise, and litigation support for community associations nationwide.
Common Interest Advisors was founded to help condominium, homeowners, cooperative, and community associations make better financial decisions through independent analysis, transparency, and accountability.
After more than four decades in accounting and finance, our founder kept seeing the same pattern across community associations: inadequate oversight, weak budgeting, and reserve planning that left owners exposed.
Michael J. Novak spent 40+ years in corporate financial planning, budgeting, reserve funding, governance, and forensic analysis. Time and again, he found that condominium, homeowners, and cooperative associations were making consequential financial decisions without independent analysis or meaningful transparency.
Common Interest Advisors was built to change that. We are an independent advisory firm that works exclusively for associations and the owners they serve — never for management companies, vendors, or anyone with a stake in the outcome. That independence is the foundation of everything we do.
Our role is deliberately narrow: objective financial analysis, clear-eyed governance review, and owner-focused stewardship that helps communities protect their assets and plan for the long term.
Michael brings more than 40 years of accounting and finance experience to community associations — spanning budgeting, reserve funding, financial modeling, governance, and forensic investigations. He created the PATScore™ and provides expert witness and litigation support services.
Thirty-nine years as a legal specialist with a federal agency, bringing deep regulatory and legal-process experience to the firm's forensic and governance work.
Tatiana Novak earned her Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law and is a licensed Community Association Manager (CAM), advising on property management and governance matters.
A sample of the scale and complexity our work spans — presented without client names.
Independence isn't a marketing line — it's our entire business model. Because we have no other relationships to protect, our analysis is governed by one thing: your interests.
Every recommendation we make is based solely on our clients' interests — and the evidence.
Our work is grounded in nationally recognized professional standards and ongoing accreditation.
Independent oversight of budgets, reserves, and financial reporting.
Forward-looking budgeting and reserve funding analysis.
Financial transparency and governance review tailored to co-ops.
Independent financial and governance oversight for timeshare and fractional-ownership associations.
Objective analysis that supports confident fiduciary decisions.
Plain-language answers and advocacy when something looks off.
Forensic analysis, expert reports, and litigation-ready testimony.
Credible reserve and budget foundations at turnover.
An independent second set of eyes that strengthens board trust.
Whether you need a forensic investigation, litigation support, budgeting assistance, reserve funding analysis, or independent financial oversight, Common Interest Advisors is ready to help.
