Our Business Is Reserve Studies

Condominium and Cooperative Property Reserve Studies.

Reserve Study Pre-Determination

Find out your estimated reserve contribution before you order a reserve study!

One of our most requested products, the reserve study pre-determination, has been utilized by hundreds of developers and community associations to determine the approximate result of a reserve study prior to ordering it. The engineering team at Strategic Inspections has performed thousands of reserve studies on new construction condo developments and based on that extensive experience, we’re comfortable giving you a quick look at the benefit of a reserve study.

By completing a very short questionnaire, our team can provide you an approximate range a reserve study will come at prior to being hired! Once used as a tool only available to our biggest clients, we’ve now made it available for everyone!

Find out if you can reduce a 10% reserve contribution just by answering a few questions!

No Cost To Client
Accurate Answers
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Expert Engineers

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Strategic Inspections’ engineers have inspected, reviewed and performed reserve studies for thousands of community associations, condominiums and cooperatives across the country.

Local and regional component costs, area knowledge and on-site expertise allow us to create custom reserve studies that meet Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and lender requirements while considering the specific financial needs of the community.

Mortgage Lending and Reserve Requirements

The nation’s largest mortgage insurers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and the VA, require reserve compliance for mortgage lending to be available within condominium developments.

Two options exist:

Option 1: Communities must add a yearly 10% reserve line item to the association/condominium budget or;

Option 2: A reserve study may be performed and the prescribed amount must be added as a line item to the yearly budget. Contact us for a pre-determination to ascertain if a reserve study can reduce the 10% reserve requirement.

Compliant With:

Fannie Mae Lending Requirements
Freddie Mac Lending Requirements
FHA Lending Requirements
VA Lending Requirements

Association Lending Requirements

Debt Service Planning

Association Lending Compliant

Custom Funding Plan

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Community associations that need lines of credit and/or an association loan should start by getting compliant with a Strategic Inspections’ reserve study. We’re experts in project management, component replacement cost, future component cost and establishing reserve funding that works for the community. In fact, many communities that obtain association loans utilize the Strategic Inspections custom reserve study report to accurately reserve for the future repair and replacement of components while diverting all overfunding to debt service.

Are you seeking an association loan? Find out why Strategic Inspections is chosen to provide a reserve study prior to applying for a mortgage. A Strategic Inspections’ reserve study can make approval and servicing debt much easier.

Forensic Engineering

Forensic Engineering
The Strategic Inspections forensic engineering team inspects commercial and residential properties to determine damage from natural disasters, storms and construction defects. Our Professional Engineers can be on the ground inspecting properties at a moments notice. Call us or just click on the Proposal Request button below to get an immediate consultation and schedule an inspection.

Inspecting and Mitigation Reporting

Structural Collapse | Water Infiltration | Mechanical Failures | Storm Damage (hurricane, tornado, hail)

Engineering Disciplines

Cause & Origin | Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering

Damage Evaluation Experience

Property Loss Inspection
Failure Analysis
Disaster Area Expertise
National Coverage

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Established Condominium Reserve Study

Whenever a common component fails and needs to be repaired or replaced, the cost of that repair/replacement is paid for by unit owners through an established repair and maintenance capital reserve account, borrowing funds from an established line of credit or via special assessment levied on unit owners.

Each year board members are required to ratify an operating budget that should include a capital contribution for any predicted repair or maintenance costs associated with the common components in a property.

Associations should have an established reserve account to ensure that planned repairs and maintenance costs are paid for without billing unit owners through a special assessment.

Reserve accounts are established to ensure that unit owners are not financially burdened by special assessments and to ensure that the financial budgeting necessary to ensure the financial healthy and habitability of a condo or co-op property is in place.

The Timeline

Proposal Request
Pre-Inspection Board Conference
Online Site Questionnaire Completion
On-site Inspection
Draft Reserve Study Delivery Conference
Final Report Issued
Yearly Update Prior to Budget Creation

UTILIZATION

A Reserve Study report is important to ensure component repair and replacement funding. It is also utilized to provide answers to questions asked on lender questionnaires and reduce board liability

PROPERTY DEVELOPERS

The Strategic Inspections new construction reserve study report has been utilized by thousands of property developers across the country. Reserve Budget Creation. Split Reserve Study for Residential Properties with Commercial and Multifamily Components. Created from Construction Plans. The Most Useful Tool.

LENDER VIEW

Ensuring that structural and mechanical components are routinely inspected, and that adequate capital is set aside for the repair and replacement of those components, is the key to ensuring lender acceptance and approval for underlying and residential mortgage lending in a condominium or cooperative property. The expert team at Strategic inspections created a Lender View feature on our reports that allows a lender to easily find and review the financial and component condition of a property. This key feature of our reserve study reports limits board member liability by providing clear answers to questions that are answered within our report, by our experts, and left out of the hands of board members.

COMPLIANCE Lending regulations issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require adequate reserve funding and amassed capital reserves. The Strategic Inspections condominium reserve study report outlines all required components, their condition and the cost associated with their repair and replacement so that a lender can analyze the property and determine compliance with agency and bank lending guidelines. Unique special assessment explanation and outline. The report is a key requirement for not only ensuring lending compliance but also obtaining global lending approval and proving repair completion and the absence of deferred maintenance. TECHNOLOGY Clear easy to understand reports that can be accessed online through a secure portal. We empower you to review and analyze component data in an instant and view report findings in a customized and user-friendly environment. Understanding upcoming component repair and replacement costs, planning projects and analyzing cash flow has never been easier.

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